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Kreeger Theater Southwest: 1950 514 Arena Stage Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle Southwest: 1950 200 Atlas Performing Arts Center: Lang Theater H Street: 2005 (established 1938) 258 Atlas Performing Arts Center Sprenger Theater H Street: 2005 (established 1938) 160 Atlas Performing Arts Center Atlas Lab Theatre I H Street: 2005 (established 1938) 70
In 1935 the Opera House was renamed the Gem Theater after Frank Thompson took over sole management, but in 1937 he built a new Gem Theater next door expressly for movies. The Opera House declined from that point and finally closed in the 1940s. [3] The National Register of Historic Places listed the opera house in 1984. [1]
Gem Theatre or Gem Theater may refer to: Gem Theatre (Detroit) Gem Theater (Deadwood, South Dakota) Gem Theatre (Kannapolis, North Carolina) Gem Theater (New Orleans)
The Gem was conceived in 1948 by the Bijou Amusement Company of Memphis, Tennessee and opened in 1951. Having a theater specifically for African-American residents in their own neighborhood meant that customers weren't relegated to one section with inferior amenities, like in segregated theaters that were ubiquitous at the time. [1]
The theater was rebuilt and reopened in 1948 with 916 seats and a new balcony to replace the old one. Steve Morris bought a share of the theater in 1995 and became general manager and later the owner. With competition from newer theaters, the Gem showed movies that had already been shown elsewhere. First-run movies returned in 2000. [2]
The Gem Theater circa 1878. The man in the buggy on the left is thought to be Swearengen. Swearengen originally owned and operated a canvas-and-lumber saloon in Deadwood known as the Cricket, which featured gambling and hosted prizefights. Shortly afterward, he closed it down and opened a larger saloon known as the Gem Theater. [5]
In the winter of 2010 the Atlas hosted its first arts festival, Intersections.Under the direction of artistic director Mary Hall Surface, the goal of the festival was to bring artists from different disciplines, ages and cultural backgrounds together under one roof to celebrate and explore the areas to make new connections and break new ground.
SHH is the latest addition to the existing Lansburgh Theatre to create the new "Center For the Arts". Construction began in November 2004 and it opened on September 15, 2007. [ 1 ] Jack Diamond designed the theatre and Paul Beckmann of the DC firm Smithgroup designed the building that houses the theatre at a cost of $89 million.