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The theater originally had 1,600 seats at a time when the population of Monterey was just around 6,000. For a long time the Golden State Theatre was the largest theater between San Francisco and Los Angeles. [citation needed] In addition to the theater, the building has a number of leasable commercial spaces.
It is the only professional theatre company located on the Monterey Peninsula. [1] It is a member of the League of Resident Theatres [2] and presents a year-round season of plays and musicals. [3] The company stages its productions in three Carmel theatres: [4] the Golden Bough Playhouse, [1] the Circle Theatre, [5] and the Forest Theater. [2] [6]
Monterey Media Inc. (formerly The Monterey Movie Company) started as a home video company founded in 1982 by Scott Mansfield. It was initially financed by Noel C. Bloom, and the titles were distributed by the Family Home Entertainment subsidiary of Caballero Control Corporation. [2] Monterey is the second sub-label of NCB Entertainment, after FHE.
The First Theater also known as the First theater in California, is a historic adobe and wood building in Monterey, California, United States. It was built in 1846–1847 as a lodging house and tavern for sailors, by English seaman and pioneer Jack Swan. Swan's Saloon staged the inaugural theatrical presentations in California.
In 2002, Monterey Pop was released on DVD as part of a Criterion Collection box set, The Complete Monterey Pop Festival, that also includes Pennebaker's short films Jimi Plays Monterey (1986) and Shake! Otis at Monterey (1986), as well as two hours of outtake performances, including some by bands not seen in the original film.
In 1960 the theater re-opened with an Equity agreement in a newly refurbished location a few blocks from the wharf. Formerly "The Monterey Theater", home of the city's legitimate theatre from 1905 to 1930 and later a movie theater, its first production was "West Side Story." Brock and Carson continued producing shows that featured local talent ...
In the 1990s, Cinemark Theatres was one of the first chains to incorporate stadium-style seating into their theatres. [25] In 1997, several disabled individuals filed a lawsuit against Cinemark, alleging that their stadium style seats forced patrons who used wheelchairs to sit in the front row of the theatre, effectively rendering them unable to see the screen without assuming a horizontal ...
In 1965 the facility was sold to United California Theatres, a movie chain later absorbed by United Artists Theaters. For the next 29 years the larger theater was a first-run movie house known as Golden Bough Cinema. The Golden Bough Players Circle continued to rent and perform at Circle Theater, which later had 120 seats. [21]