While entering the Leidseplein square, the conspicuous neo-renaissance architecture of the Municipal Theater can't be missed. Even more so because the street musicians that take advantage of the great acoustics of the arcade in front of the building. The Municipal Theater is the home of the theater group Toneelgroep Amsterdam, one of the most influential theater companies in the Netherlands.There has been a theater on the square since 1774. It burnt down by a firework accident and a new theater was built at the same spot. The neo-classical look of the old theater was considered old-fashioned in 1894 the architects build the new Municipial Theater in neo-renaissance style. Until quite recently the theater was also the place to see opera, but nowadays opera productions are staged at the newly-build Music Theater.