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The Los Angeles Music Center (officially the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County) is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. [1] Located in downtown Los Angeles, The Music Center is composed of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Roy & Edna Disney CalArts Theatre (REDCAT), and Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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 1,500 Unknown Glendale Performing Arts Center Glendale 1,559 1927: The Theatre at Ace Hotel: South Park ...
The Mark Taper Forum opened in 1967 as part of the Los Angeles Music Center, the West Coast equivalent of Lincoln Center, designed by Los Angeles architect Welton Becket and Associates. Peter Kiewit and Sons (now Kiewit Corporation) was the builder. [1] The dedication took place on April 9, 1967, at an event attended by Governor Ronald Reagan. [2]
led [the] effort to build a suitable home for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and rejuvenate the performing arts in Los Angeles. The result was Mrs. Chandler’s crowning achievement, the Music Center of Los Angeles County. Her tenacious nine-year campaign on behalf of the Music Center produced more than $19 million in private donations
It also allowed the theatre's seating capacity to be reconfigured from 1,600 seats for an intimate play to 2,084 for a major Broadway-sized musical. [ 6 ] Designed by Ellerbe Becket Architects [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] and constructed by Robert F. Mahoney & Associates, the renovation took eighteen months to complete.
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 ...
The Peacock Theater, formerly Nokia Theatre and Microsoft Theater, is a music and theater venue in downtown Los Angeles, California at L.A. Live. The theater auditorium seats 7,100 [ 2 ] and holds one of the largest indoor stages in the United States.
The Belasco Theater is a historic theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Opened in 1926, it operated as a playhouse and briefly as a movie theater until its closure in 1950, after which it was used for non-theater purposes. The building was renovated and reopened as a music venue called The Belasco in 2011. Live Nation became its operator ...