High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lincoln Theatre is a theater in Washington, D.C. located at 1215 U Street, next to Ben`s Chili Bowl. The theater, located on "Washington`s Black Broadway", served the city`s African American community when segregation kept them out of other venues. The Lincoln Theatre included a movie house and ballroom, and hosted jazz and big band performers such as Duke Ellington. The theater closed after the 1968 race-related riots. It was restored and reopened in 1994, and hosts a variety of performances and events. The U Street Metro station, which opened in 1991, is located across the street from Lincoln Theater.