Myeongdong Theater
명동예술극장
Theatre · Not recorded · 1936 (reopened 2009) · Jung-gu
Address: 서울 중구 명동길 35
A corner-sited cinema opened in 1936 as the Meiji-za. It became Seoul's national theatre in the 1960s, then the office of a finance company after 1973, until the culture ministry bought it back in 2009. The restored facade now stands out among Myeong-dong's shopfronts, and it is a working drama theatre again.
Getting in: Exterior on the main Myeong-dong shopping street; the lobby opens before performances. 5 minutes from Myeong-dong or Euljiro 1-ga stations.
A lesser-known building that architecture fans seek out; facts from the pages under Sources, summary written by us.