L'Européen

The white neon letters spelling L’Européen stretch across the dark metal canopy, marking a theater that has occupied this corner since eighteen seventy-one. Originally a music hall called the Concert Européen, it drew crowds for singers like Mistinguett during the height of the Belle Époque. In the nineteen seventies, the venue shifted toward contemporary theater and comedy, hosting performers who were just beginning their careers. A fire destroyed much of the interior in nineteen forty-seven, requiring a complete reconstruction of the stage and auditorium.