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Alas Poor Yorick Capital Has Seen Its Last Theater
Washington faces a theaterless future as the National theater may close its legitimate days amid civil rights tensions. The Belasco faces possible reconditioning, with race discrimination at issue and talks of a new lease to lift such practices. The piece recounts Washington theater history, notable figures, and the evolving role of the stage in political life.
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Yorick
Capital
Washington
Philadelphia
National Theater
Democratic Party
Equity
Belasco
Madison Place
Lafayette Square
Washington Theater
Eleventh and
C Streets
E Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury Building
White House
Georgetown
Capitol Hill
Tenth Street
Christy's Opera House
Ford's Theater
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Booth
Edwin
Edwin Booth
Secret Service
Woodrow Wilson
Keith’s
Edmund Starling
Wilson
Starling
The
Roosevelts
Theodore
Franklin
Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Miami
Theodore Roosevelt
Milwaukee
Constitution Hall
Daughters of the American Revolution