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This list of theaters and entertainment venues in Washington, D.C. includes present-day opera houses and theaters, cabarets, music halls and other places of live entertainment in Washington, D.C. Current theaters
The red area is the District of Columbia, served by area codes 202 and 771. Area codes 202 and 771 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Washington, D.C. Area code 202 was one of the original North American area codes established in October 1947 by AT&T.
That year, the theatre was restored by the U Street Theatre Foundation, with $9 million of aid from the District of Columbia government. [11] The restoration started in 1989 by developer Jeffrey N. Cohen, who was working on a controversial $250 million redevelopment plan, "Jackson Plaza", for the Shaw/U-Street area. [12]
On June 15, 1978, The Rolling Stones performed a secret show at the theatre. Although the only notice given was on the building's marquee the morning before the show, all seats were quickly sold out. [2] The Warner Theatre closed for renovations in 1989. The Kaempfer Company's $10 million renovations restored the theatre back to its original ...
“Drag: The Musical” has announced the dates of its off-Broadway run. The show, about two rival drag bars that go head-to-head amid financial troubles, was written by “RuPaul’s Drag Race ...
“Ghost of John McCain,” a new off-Broadway musical at SoHo Playhouse, takes place inside the former president’s brain. This zany and perplexing production takes place between Aug. 25, 2018 ...
Critic John Gassner argued at the time, however, that "Broadway is just as eclectic – and just as footless – as 'Off-Broadway'." [7] Theatre Row, on West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues in Manhattan, is a concentration of off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway theatres. It was developed in the mid-1970s and modernized in 2002.
The Kennedy Center as seen from the air on January 8, 2006 (before construction of the REACH expansion). A portion of the Watergate complex can be seen at the left. The idea for a national cultural center dates to 1933 when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt discussed ideas for the Emergency Relief and Civil Works Administration to create employment for unemployed actors during the Great Depression. [3]