Charles Playhouse
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Charles Playhouse
(617) 426-6912
Box office hours:
Wednesday-Thursday: 12pm-8pm
Friday: 12pm - 7pm
Saturday: 10am-8pm
Sunday: 12pm-4pm
*Box Office Hours are subject to change
The Charles Playhouse was designed and built in 1839 as the Fifth Universalist Church. Designed and built by celebrated architect Benjamin Asher, it became the first synagogue in Boston in 1864. Later, it went through many transformations over the years. It served as a Scottish Presbyterian congregation, a YWCA, and even speakeasies called "The Lido Venice" and "The Rio Casino" during prohibition. The Charles Playhouse has two different performance spaces. Downstairs, there is a 200-seat cabaret-style space. The main performance space is upstairs and can house up to 500 patrons.
The Charles Playhouse is currently showing open runs of:
GETTING THERE
There are several private parking garages located within one block of the theater.
Green Line: Take any of the green line trains to the Boylston St. stop.
Orange Line: Go to the Tufts Medical Center stop.
There is a long flight of stairs to the entrance.
GETTING AROUND
There is a long flight of stairs to the entrance. This theater is NOT ACCESSIBLE to wheelchair/scooter users.
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