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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 02:04:00

Twenty years before the Apollo, Black America's biggest stage was on T Street in Washington. The Howard Theatre at 620 T Street NW opened on August 22, 1910 - the nation's first full-sized theatre built for Black audiences and performers - a 1,200-seat Italian Renaissance and Spanish Baroque house by J. Edward Storck, with crystal chandeliers, marble staircases, eight proscenium boxes and dressing rooms for a hundred performers. The theatre showcased vaudeville, musicals, road shows and circuse...