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

West Side Story premiered a block from the White House, in a theatre older than the typewriter. The National Theatre at 1321 Pennsylvania Avenue NW opened on December 7, 1835, founded by William Wilson Corcoran and fellow citizens who wanted the capital to have a first-rate stage - making it the second-oldest continuously operating theatre in the United States and the oldest business still running on Pennsylvania Avenue. The building has burned and risen repeatedly: fires destroyed the house in...