Tickets. 1  Student Rush Persons with a valid student ID or proof of enrollment are eligible to purchase remaining tickets to all Paramount Presents performances at a 50% discount at the Box Office 45 minutes prior to show time.  Youth/Child Tickets Youth/Child tickets are for patrons ages 12 and younger.
History & Culture. The Resolute desk is a massive oak desk closely associated with presidents of the United States due to its prominent placement in the Oval Office. The desk arrived at the White House in November 1880, as a gift from Britain's Queen Victoria.
President Barack Obama sitting at the Resolute desk in 2009. The Oval Office is the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Six desks have been used by presidents in the Oval Office: the Theodore Roosevelt desk, the Hoover desk, the Resolute desk, the Johnson desk, the Wilson desk, and the C&O desk. The first Oval Office was constructed in 1909, rebuilt after a 1929 fire, and demolished in 1933.