question: Playing a central role in American history, what famous theater was established in Boston, Massachusetts in 1845?
answer: Old Howard Theatre, in Boston, Massachusetts, was one of the most famous theaters in Boston history.
context: Title: Famous Players Film Company
  Passage: The Famous Players Film Company or Celebrated Players was a film company founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Jadeja Motion Pictures and Frohman brothers, the powerful New York City theatre impresarios.  Discussions to form the company were held at The Lambs, the famous theater club where Charles and Daniel Frohman were members.  The company advertised "Famous Players in Famous Plays" and its first release was the French film "Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth" (1912) starring Sarah Bernhardt and Lou Tellegen.  Its first actual production was "The Count of Monte Cristo" (1912, released 1913), directed by Edwin S. Porter and starring James O'Neill, the father of dramatist Eugene O'Neill.  The company established a studio on 26th Street in New York City that today is Chelsea Studios.
  Title: The Fire Next Time
  Passage: The Fire Next Time is a 1963 book by James Baldwin.  It contains two essays: "My Dungeon Shook — Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation," and "Down At The Cross — Letter from a Region of My Mind."  The first essay, written in the form of a letter to Baldwin's 14-year-old nephew, discusses the central role of race in American history.  The second essay deals with the relations between race and religion, focusing in particular on Baldwin's experiences with the Christian church as a youth, as well as the Islamic ideas of others in Harlem.
  Title: History of Boston
  Passage: The history of Boston plays a central role in American history.  In 1630, Puritan colonists from England founded Boston and helped it become the way it is today.  Boston quickly became the political, commercial, financial, religious and educational center of the New England region.  The American Revolution erupted in Boston, as the British retaliated harshly for the Boston Tea Party and the patriots fought back.  They besieged the British in the city, with a famous battle at Bunker Hill in Charlestown on June 17, 1775 (which was lost by the colonists, but inflicted great damage against the British) and won the Siege of Boston, forcing the British to evacuate the city on March 17, 1776.  However, the combination of American and British blockades of the town and port during the conflict seriously damaged the economy, and the population fell by two thirds in the 1770s.
  Title: Howard Athenaeum
  Passage: The Howard Athenæum (1845-1953), also known as Old Howard Theatre, in Boston, Massachusetts, was one of the most famous theaters in Boston history.  Founded in 1845, it remained an institution of culture and learning for most of its years, finally closing in 1953.
citations: Howard Athenaeum History of Boston