Théâtre Mogador, a theatre on rue de Mogador since 1919

The Théâtre Mogador opened on 21 April 1919 at 25 rue de Mogador, before the American president Woodrow Wilson, in France to negotiate the Treaty of Versailles, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The British financier Alfred Butt had it built from 1913 on the model of the London Palladium.

First called the Palace Théâtre, it took the name of its street, the old name of the Moroccan town of Essaouira. Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes danced here in the 1920s, Mistinguett triumphed in the 1930s, and the Isola brothers staged No, No, Nanette and White Horse Inn.

In 1941 Henri Varna made it the home of spectacular operetta, from Violettes impériales to Michel Strogoff. On his death in 1969 the house took his name, and Hélène Martini staged Hello, Dolly here. Sting launched his solo career here in 1985. The Stage Entertainment group bought it in 2005.

Closed after a fire in 2016, the theatre reopened in 2017. On rue de Mogador, its 1,618 seats on three levels host major musicals, including The Lion King, and concerts.