Ford's Theatre

• Come from Away (Original Broadway Production, 2017)
  Tryout
  September 2, 2016 - October 9, 2016
• Violet (Ford's Theatre Production, 2014)
  January 24, 2014 - February 23, 2014
• Hello, Dolly! (Signature Theatre/Ford's Theatre Production, 2013)
  March 15, 2013 - May 18, 2013
• 1776 (Ford's Theatre Production, 2012)
  March 9, 2012 - May 19, 2012
• Little Shop of Horrors (Ford's Theatre Production, 2010)
  March 12, 2010 - May 22, 2010
• The Civil War (Ford's Theatre Production, 2009)
  March 27, 2009 - May 24, 2009
• Meet John Doe (Ford's Theatre Production, 2007)
  March 16, 2007 - May 20, 2007
• Shenandoah (Ford's Theatre Production, 2006)
  March 22, 2006 - May 21, 2006
• Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (Reading, 2005)
  November 28, 2005 - November 28, 2005
• Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Washington, D.C. Production, 2005)
  March 18, 2005 - July 4, 2005
• 1776 (Ford's Theatre Production, 2003)
  March 17, 2003 - June 1, 2003
• Eleanor (Ford's Theatre Production, 1999)
  March 10, 1999 - no date entered yet
• Paper Moon (Ford's Theatre Production, 1997)
  March 19, 1997 - June 29, 1997
• Captains Courageous (World Premiere, 1992)
  September 9, 1992 - November 8, 1992
• Conrack (World Premiere Production, 1992)
  February 29, 1992 - no date entered yet
• Forever Plaid (Second National Tour, 1991)
  National Tour
  March 17, 1991 - July 28, 1991
• Little Me (Ford's Theatre Production, 1985)
  November 1, 1985 - January 5, 1986
• Godspell (Ford's Theatre Production, 1985)
  March 1985 - April 1985
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor© Dreamcoat (Ford's Theatre Production, 1980)
  April 13, 1980 - September 28, 1980
• Storyville (World Premiere, 1979)
  January 27, 1979 - March 4, 1979
• Lady Lily (Closed on the road, 1978)
  December 16, 1978 - no date entered yet
• Nash at Nine (Regional Revival, 1975)
  January 28, 1975 - February 9, 1975
• Funny Face (Regional Co-Production, 1973)
  National Tour
  January 2, 1974 - January 20, 1974
• El Capitan (Regional Revival, 1973)
  November 20, 1973 - December 30, 1973
• Godspell (Washington DC Production, 1972)
  April 7, 1972 - September 16, 1973
• The Girl from Nantucket (Original Broadway Production, 1945)
  Tryout
  October 29, 1945 - November 3, 1945
• The Ragtime Years (National Tour, 1977)
  National Tour
  no date entered yet - no date entered yet

Built: 1862
Venue Status: Status unknown
Seating Capacity: not entered yet

Location Info

511 10th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. Find on Google

• Ford's Theatre (1968)
• Ford's New Theatre (1862)

The original building was a Baptist church. It burned in 1862 and was rebuilt.

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President Lincoln was assassinated in the auditorium in 1865.

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Later in the 19th century, the War Department purchased the building and used it as an office building/storage facility. Part of it collapsed in the 1890s, killing 22 people.

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It sat vacant for many years and was in danger of being condemned when it was purchased and restored, reopening in January of 1968.