Editing Washington, D.C. (section)

=== Arts ===
{{Main|Theater in Washington, D.C.}}
[[File:Moulin Rouge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts audience perspective.jpg|thumb|A performance of ''[[Moulin Rouge! (musical)|Moulin Rouge!]]'' at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]]]
Washington, D.C., is a national center for the arts, home to several concert halls and theaters. The [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] is home to [[National Symphony Orchestra (United States)|National Symphony Orchestra]], [[Washington National Opera]], and the [[Washington Ballet]]. The [[Kennedy Center Honors]] are awarded each year to those in the performing arts who have contributed greatly to the cultural life of the United States. This ceremony is often attended by the sitting [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] and other dignitaries and celebrities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/about/home.html |title=About the Kennedy Center Honors |access-date=June 29, 2008 |publisher=The Kennedy Center |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516004214/http://kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/about/home.html |archive-date=May 16, 2008}}</ref> The Kennedy Center also awards the annual [[Mark Twain Prize for American Humor]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor |url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/ |access-date=June 15, 2024 |publisher=[[The Kennedy Center]]}}</ref>

The historic [[Ford's Theatre]], the site of the [[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|assassination of President Abraham Lincoln]] on April 14, 1865, continues to function as a theatre and as a museum.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rothstein |first=Edward |title=Where a Comedy Turned to Tragedy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/arts/design/07linc.html |access-date=April 2, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 6, 2009 |archive-date=May 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512181850/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/arts/design/07linc.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.|Marine Barracks]] near [[Capitol Hill]] houses the [[United States Marine Band]]; founded in 1798, it is the country's oldest professional musical organization.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/WHO_WE_ARE/ensembles/marine_band/index.htm |publisher=United States Marine Band |access-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019060441/http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/WHO_WE_ARE/ensembles/marine_band/index.htm |archive-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> [[American march music|American march composer]] and Washington-native [[John Philip Sousa]] led the Marine Band from 1880 until 1892.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Davison |first=Marjorie Risk |title=Excerpts from the History of Music in the District of Columbia |journal=Records of the Columbia Historical Society |year=1969 |volume=66–68 |page=183 |jstor=40067254}}</ref> Founded in 1925, the [[United States Navy Band]] has its headquarters at the [[Washington Navy Yard]] and performs at official events and public concerts around the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.navyband.navy.mil/History.shtml |publisher=United States Navy Band |access-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081210/http://www.navyband.navy.mil/History.shtml |archive-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>

Founded in 1950, [[Arena Stage]] achieved national attention and spurred growth in the city's independent theater movement, which now includes the [[Shakespeare Theatre Company]], [[Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company]], and [[Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|Studio Theatre]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilmeth |first=Don B. |title=The Cambridge history of American theatre |year=2000 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=232 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mnRa7u3-T2IC |author2=C.W.E. Bigsby |isbn=978-0-521-66959-7 |access-date=June 16, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906002902/https://books.google.com/books?id=mnRa7u3-T2IC |url-status=live }}</ref> Arena Stage reopened after a renovation and expansion in the city's emerging [[Southwest Waterfront, Washington, D.C.|Southwest waterfront area]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kravitz |first=Derek |title=The emerging Southwest: Transformation underway |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092307325.html |access-date=April 2, 2001 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 26, 2010 |archive-date=February 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216174004/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092307325.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[GALA Hispanic Theatre]], now housed in the historic [[Tivoli Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|Tivoli Theatre]] in [[Columbia Heights (Washington, D.C.)|Columbia Heights]], was founded in 1976 and is a National Center for the Latino Performing Arts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gala Theatre History |url=http://galatheatre.org/history.php |publisher=GALA Hispanic Theatre |access-date=April 2, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830222103/http://www.galatheatre.org/history.php |archive-date=August 30, 2009}}</ref>

Other performing arts spaces in the city include the [[Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium]] in [[Federal Triangle]], the [[Atlas Performing Arts Center]] on [[H Street (Washington, D.C.)|H Street]], the [[Carter Barron Amphitheater]] in [[Rock Creek Park]], [[DAR Constitution Hall|Constitution Hall]] in [[Downtown, Washington, D.C.|Downtown]], the [[Keegan Theatre]] in [[Dupont Circle]], the [[Lisner Auditorium]] in [[Foggy Bottom]], the [[National Sylvan Theater|Sylvan Theater]] on the [[National Mall]], and the [[Warner Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|Warner Theatre]] in [[Penn Quarter]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} [[National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|National Theatre]] in Downtown, which opened in 1835, is the second-longest continuously operating theater in the nation after [[Walnut Street Theatre]] in [[Philadelphia]], which opened in 1808.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fruehling|first=Douglas|date=May 29, 2024 |title=D.C. is buying the National Theatre. Here's why.|work=Washington Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2024/05/29/national-theatre-renovations-dc.html |access-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240531102759/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2024/05/29/national-theatre-renovations-dc.html#selection-929.0-936.0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[U Street Corridor]] in Northwest is home to [[Howard Theatre]] and [[Lincoln Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|Lincoln Theatre]], which hosted music legends such as Washington, D.C. natives [[Duke Ellington]], [[John Coltrane]], and [[Miles Davis]].<ref name=ustreet>{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Levin |title=Lights Return to 'Black Broadway' in Northwest Washington, D.C. |date=September 10, 2006 |url=http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/travel/10surfacing.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610144435/http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/travel/10surfacing.html?ref=travel |archive-date=June 10, 2011}}</ref> Just east of U Street is [[Shaw (Washington, D.C.)|Shaw]], which also served as a major cultural center during the [[jazz age]]. Intersecting with U Street is [[Fourteenth Street (Washington, D.C.)|Fourteenth Street]], which was an extension of the U Street cultural corridor during the 1920s through the 1960s. The collection of Fourteenth Street, U Street, and Shaw was the location of the [[Black Renaissance in D.C.]], which was part of the larger [[Harlem Renaissance]]. The area starting at Fourteenth Street downtown going north through U Street and east to Shaw boasts a high concentration of bars, restaurants, and theaters, and is among the city's most notable cultural and artistic areas.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

The [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]] (WAFCA), a group of more than 65 film critics, holds an annual awards ceremony.<ref name="aboutwafca">{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.wafca.com/about/index.htm|website=wafca.com|publisher=Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association|access-date=March 11, 2024|archive-date=December 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209235303/http://www.wafca.com/about/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>