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The ACME Comedy Theatre is an American sketch comedy and improvisational theater located near Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, [1] on La Brea near Wilshire's "Miracle Mile". [ 2 ] ACME was started by M.D. Sweeney as "The Two Roads Theater" in Studio City in 1989 with Cynthia Szigeti . [ 3 ]
The Mayan Theater is a prototypical example of the many ornate exotic revival-style theaters of the late 1920s, Mayan Revival in this case. The well-preserved lobby is called "The Hall of Feathered Serpents," the auditorium includes a chandelier based on the Aztec calendar stone , and the original fire curtain included images of Mayan jungles ...
Hollywood Comedy: Los Angeles: California: Hollywood Improv: Los Angeles: California: Hyena's Comedy Club: Fort Worth + Dallas Texas Sister clubs in Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas. The Ice House (comedy club) Pasadena: California: ImprovBoston: Boston: Massachusetts: Improv Asylum: Boston: Massachusetts: The Improv
The Glass House Concert Hall Pomona 800 November 7, 2014: Regent Theater Skid Row: 1,100 October 18, 1926: The Fonda Theatre: Hollywood 1,200 1931: John Anson Ford Amphitheatre: Hollywood Hills: 1,200 [1] September 4, 1925 Alex Theatre: Glendale: 1,400 November 11, 1926: The Belasco: South Park: 1,500 2023 The Bellwether Downtown Los Angeles ...
In October 1962, comedian Lenny Bruce was arrested on obscenity charges for using the word "schmuck" on stage; one of the arresting officers was Sherman Block, who would later become Los Angeles County Sheriff. [5] Michael Nesmith sometimes worked as an M.C. at the club in the 1960s, before the formation of the music group the Monkees. [6]
The Steve Allen Theater is the Los Angeles home for The Kids in the Hall Canadian sketch comedy group. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Multiple performances include their Reunion, [ 4 ] Reading of Pilot Episode, [ 34 ] Premier of Death Comes to Town , Premiere of Grand Guignol short, the Final Kiss starring Dave Foley and Scott Thompson and Directed by Amit ...
The 1999 comedy film Being John Malkovich features the Belasco in a rehearsal scene. [1] The 1999 horror film End of Days briefly features the building as an abandoned movie theater. [1] The 2001 thriller film Swordfish depicts the Belasco. [1] The 2005 period drama film Memoirs of a Geisha features the theater. [1]
The theatre was also the home of the Al Jolson show from 1936 to 1939 . [1] [2] A&P heir and arts patron Huntington Hartford bought the theatre from CBS in 1953, modernized it with design by Helen Conway, and re-opened it with 970 seats as the first legitimate theatre venue in Los Angeles in many years, [4] under the name Huntington Hartford ...