Howard, Theater of a City: The Places of London Comedy, 1598-1642.

The Lincoln Theatre opened in 1921, and Howard Theatre in 1926.

"Almost every night, I went to the Howard Theater and to various jazz and blues clubs."

Also in the 1940s, Pearl Bailey made her debut at the Howard Theatre.

The project's goals were to restore the Howard Theatre to 600 seats, along with complementing developments at the adjacent Progression Place.

In September 1929 the Howard Theater was renamed the Paramount Theater.

Once, Jerome took Al to the Howard Theater, in the black part of town, to hear James Brown sing.

She was introduced to jazz when she was permitted by her parents at age 11 to attend the Howard Theater every Saturday.

Another, the landmark Howard Theater, was closed in 1970 but later bought by the District of Columbia, which is soliciting redevelopment offers.

A year later in 1966, The Trojans entered, and won, a singing competition at the Historical Howard Theatre.