Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakatuwheratia te whare tapere e Signora Antonietta Pisanelli i te tau kotahi mano e 1907 rānei i te tau kotahi mano e 1909 hei Whare Tapere o Washington Square, he whare tapere vaudeville, Italian rānei. I hangaia i runga i te waahi o te Whare Karakia Tuatahi o Holy Trinity Orthodox, i oti i te 1888 engari i whakangaromia i te ruu o San Francisco me te ahi o 1906
He aha? Ka taea e te whare tapere te noho ki te 1,000 nga kaihoko mo nga whakaari me te opera. I te tau 1909, i whakahaerehia e te whare tapere he konohete atawhai mo Emilio Rivola. I a "Sunny Jim" Rolph e rere ana mo te koromatua o San Francisco, he maha nga huihuinga i tu mo Rolph i te Whare Tapere o Washington Square i te tau 1911.