 In November 1977 the Beacon hosted a performance of Erik Satie's symphonic drama "Socrate" in tribute to the mobile artist Alexander Calder, featuring a recreation of Calder's set for a 1936 production of the work.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.In 1987, an effort to convert the theater into a nightclub was blocked in court on the grounds that it would irreparably damage the theater's historic and protected architecture.