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The Curran Theatre, located at 445 Geary Street between Taylor and Mason Streets in the Theatre District of San Francisco, California opened in February 1922, and was named after its first owner, Homer Curran. As of 2014, the theater is owned by Carole Shorenstein Hays.
Homer F. Curran (1885–1952) was an American theatrical producer on the West Coast of the United States during the first half of the 20th century. Born in Springfield, Missouri, he was educated at Stanford University. After graduating, he purchased and operated the Cort Theatre in San Francisco and temporarily changed its name to the Curran ...
The Los Angeles Civic Light Opera (LACLO) was an American theatre/opera company in Los Angeles, California. Founded under the motto "Light Opera in the Grand Opera manner" in 1938 by impresario Edwin Lester, the organization presented fifty seasons of theatre before closing due to financial reasons in 1987. Typically the LACLO presented four to ...
The Curran Theatre (2017). The San Francisco Theatre District is a neighborhood in San Francisco named for the legitimate theaters located there. [1] [2] [3] The district encompasses part of the Union Square shopping district and the Tenderloin and Civic Center neighborhoods. [4]
As a Los Angeles native, he wants to extend the rich history of the Village Theater, which is known for its 170-foot (52-meter) white Spanish tower and a large auditorium that can seat 1,300.
Metropolitan Theatres is Los Angeles's oldest movie theater chain. [1] Opened in 1923, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024, at which point they owned 15 theaters: ten in southern California (including seven out of eight in Santa Barbara), three in Colorado, and two in Utah. [2] [3]
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) For the record : 10:39 a.m. Aug. 26, 2022 : An earlier version of this article erroneously said Oedipus is played by a hearing actor.
Braun Building was designed by Walter Jesse Saunders and built in 1913. In 1979, when the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, Braun Building was listed as a contributing property in the district.