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Lincoln Theatre has also been a venue for Filmfest DC. [27] The theater was the primary venue for the annual LGBT film festival Reel Affirmations from 1998 to 2008. From 2008 to 2010, Arena Stage mounted several productions at the theater, including Carrie Fisher 's Wishful Drinking , while its Southwest Waterfront complex was being renovated.
Ford's Theatre is a theater located in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1863.The theater is best known for being the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the theater box where Lincoln was watching a performance of Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin, slipped the single-shot, 5.87-inch derringer from his pocket and fired at ...
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It is best known for being the house where President Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865 after being shot the previous evening at Ford's Theatre located across the street. The house was built in 1849 by William A. Petersen, a German tailor. Future Vice-President John C. Breckinridge, a friend of the Lincoln family, rented this house in 1852. [2]
On Saturday, the Lincoln Theatre is inducting two local pioneers in dance to its Walk of Fame, celebrating their journeys to energize the future.
Pages in category "Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C." The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 — the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth — sold at auction for $262,500, according ...
Lincoln Theatre may refer to: In the United States. Lincoln Theater (Los Angeles, California), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Lincoln Theater (Yountville, California) Lincoln Theatre (New Haven, Connecticut), NRHP-listed; Lincoln Theatre (Washington, D.C.), NRHP-listed; Lincoln Theatre (Miami Beach, Florida)