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Pages in category "Theatres in Hollywood, Los Angeles" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
El Portal Theater, also known as El Portal Center for the Arts, is a historic former theater located at 5265-5271 Lankershim Boulevard and 11200-11220 Weddington Street in North Hollywood, California. Built as a single theater in 1926, the venue was rebuilt as a three-theater performing arts complex in the late 1990s. [1]
The Hollywood Pantages Theatre, also known as the Pantages is a premiere live theater venue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Productions at the Pantages have included: [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pre-1996
Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, also known as Egyptian Hollywood and the Egyptian, is a historic movie theater located on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. [1] Opened in 1922, it is an early example of a lavish movie palace and is noted as having been the site of the world's first film premiere .
The festival organizers market the event and provide some support, but the theatre companies must find their own venues and market their own shows. [7] In the 2012 festival, theatre companies produced more than 230 shows and gave more than 1,000 performances. [1] Companies participating in the 2014 festival produced more than 300 shows. [7]
El Rey was built in 1936 [1] as a single-screen movie theatre and functioned as a cinema for nearly 50 years. From the 1980s to the early 1990s, El Rey Theatre was a dance-music club called Wall Street, but since 1994 this theatre has been a live music venue which is now exclusively booked through Goldenvoice. The capacity is for 771 audience ...
Opened as the National Theatre in 1914, it is the oldest remaining theater building on South Main Street. Following its initial status as a first-run filmhouse, it began screening second-run programming in the 1920s amidst a widespread decline of the vicinity's entertainment scene in favor of the newer Broadway Theater District .
During its first decades the theatre was rarely used, and it was used as a barracks during World War II. In the late 1940s a San Francisco producer brought touring shows to the venue. In 1952 (and for the next 23 years) James A. Doolittle, a Los Angeles dance impresario, leased the theatre and upgraded it with better seating and backstage ...