Harman Center for the Arts

The Harman Center for the Arts is a complex consisting of the Lansburgh Theatre at 450 7th Street NW in Washington, D.C. and Sidney Harman Hall at Sixth and F Streets NW. Harman Hall is the latest addition to the existing Lansburgh Theatre to create the new "Center For the Arts". Construction began in November 2004 and it opened on September 15, 2007. Jack Diamond designed the theatre and Paul Beckmann of the DC firm Smithgroup designed the building that houses the theatre at a cost of $89 million. Both theatres are the home of Washington, D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, but the new theatre will extend its performance spaces to other local arts groups in the hope of broadening Washington’s appeal as an arts scene. The completion of...