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This list of theaters and entertainment venues in Washington, D.C. includes present-day opera houses and theaters, cabarets, music halls and other places of live entertainment in Washington, D.C.

Current theaters

Theater	Stage	Location	Built	Capacity	Website
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium		Federal Triangle	1935	1000	[1]
Arena Stage	Fichandler Stage	Southwest	1950	683	[2]
Arena Stage	Kreeger Theater	Southwest	1950	514	[3]
Arena Stage	Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle	Southwest	1950	200	[4]
Atlas Performing Arts Center	Lang Theater	H Street	2005 (established 1938)	258	[5]
Atlas Performing Arts Center	Sprenger Theater	H Street	2005 (established 1938)	160	[6]
Atlas Performing Arts Center	Atlas Lab Theatre I	H Street	2005 (established 1938)	70	[7]
Atlas Performing Arts Center	Atlas Lab Theatre II	H Street	2005 (established 1938)	82	[8]
Carter Barron Amphitheater		Rock Creek Park	1949	4200	[9]
Anacostia Playhouse		Anacostia	2013	120	[10]
Dance Place		Brookland	1978	0	[11]
DAR Constitution Hall		Downtown	1929	3702	[12]
D.C. Arts Center (DCAC)		Adams Morgan	1989	42	[13]
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Theatre		Georgetown		800	[14]
DCJCC	Theater J	Dupont Circle	1990		[15]
Folger Shakespeare Theater		Capitol Hill	1932	250	[16]
Ford's Theater		Penn Quarter	1863	665	[17]
GALA Hispanic Theatre		Columbia Heights	1976		[18]
Hamilton Live		Downtown	???	354	[19]
Howard Theater		Shaw	1910	1100	[20]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Concert Hall	Foggy Bottom	1971	2465	[21]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Opera House	Foggy Bottom	1971	2364	[22]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Eisenhower Theater	Foggy Bottom	1971	1164	[23]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Family Theater	Foggy Bottom	1971	324	[24]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Theater Lab	Foggy Bottom	1971	388	[25]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Terrace Theater	Foggy Bottom	1971	490	[26]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Millennium Stage	Foggy Bottom	1971		[27]
Keegan Theatre		Dupont Circle	1996	120	[28]
Lincoln Theatre		U Street	1922	1225	[29]
Lisner Auditorium		Foggy Bottom	1946	1490	[30]
National Theatre		Downtown	1835	1676	[31]
Shakespeare Theatre Company	Lansburgh Theatre	Penn Quarter	2007 (founded 1970)	451	[32]
Shakespeare Theatre Company	Sidney Harman Hall	Penn Quarter	2007 (founded 1970)	774	[33]
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue		Chinatown	2004 (built 1908)	800	[34]
Sylvan Theater		National Mall	1917
Source Theatre		U Street	2008	150	[35]
Sitar Arts Center		Adams Morgan	2001	0	[36]
Studio 1469		Columbia Heights			[37]
Studio Theatre	Mead Theater	4th Street	1978	218	[38]
Studio Theatre	Metheny Theater	4th Street	1978	200	[39]
Studio Theatre	Milton Theater	4th Street	1978	187	[40]
Studio Theatre	Stage 4	4th Street	1978	120	[41]
Warner Theatre		Penn Quarter	1992 (built 1924)	1847	[42]
Woolly Mammoth Theatre		Penn Quarter	2005 (founded 1980)	265	[43]

Producing theaters

Adventure Theatre
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater - Recipient of the 1976 Regional Theatre Tony Award
- Fichandler Stage
- Kreeger Theater
- The Kogod Cradle
Capital Fringe Festival, with annual, temporary venues
Capitol Steps (closed in 2020)
Constellation Theatre Company
Damascus Theatre Company
DC Improv
Discovery Theater at the Smithsonian Ripley Center
Folger Theatre at the Elizabethan Theatre
Forum Theatre
GALA Hispanic Theatre at the Tivoli Theatre
Glaser-Luchs Studio Theater at the National Conservatory of the Dramatic Arts
Hexagon at the Duke Ellington School
Histrio (Theater), A French Theater
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
Keegan Theatre
Mosaic Theater Company of DC
Rorschach Theatre
Round House Theatre
Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Harman Center for the Arts - Recipient of the 2012 Regional Theatre Tony Award
- Sidney Harman Hall
- Lansburgh Theatre
Signature Theatre - Recipient of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award
Silver Spring Stage
St Mark's Players
Studio Theatre
- Mead Theatre
- Milton Theatre
- Metheny Theatre
- Stage 4
Synetic Theater
Teatro de la Luna at Casa de la Luna
Theater J at The Cecile Goldman Theater, Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts
Theater of the First Amendment at George Mason University
Washington Audio Theater
Washington Stage Guild
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company