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Los Angeles Conservancy Presents
the 23rd Annual



May 27– July 1, 2009

SOLD OUT!

SOLD OUT!

June 24

All performances are general seating.
Doors open at 7 p.m. – Program starts at 8 p.m. – Program ends between 10 and 11 p.m.

Check back for details on each evening’s special program, including celebrity guests and live performances. All programs subject to change.

Photo Gallery: Broadway Historic Theatre District

SOLD OUT! Wednesday, May 27 Orpheum Theatre 842 S. Broadway The Sting (Universal, 1973, 129 minutes, Technicolor, MPAA rating: PG)

Special Program: The evening is hosted by pop culture enthusiast and author Charles Phoenix, known for his hilarious Retro Slide Shows, Field Trip Tours, and coffee table books. Legendary organist Bob Mitchell performs on the Orpheum’s Mighty Wurlitzer organ before the show.

Evening Sponsor: Steve and Cathy Needleman

SOLD OUT! Wednesday, June 3 Million Dollar Theatre 307 S. Broadway Buck Privates (Universal, 1941, 84 minutes, black/white)

Special Program: The evening will be hosted by Tony Valdez, Fox-11 Reporter. The program will include the newsreel "News of the Day: Cavalcade of 1941." Print courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Live on Stage: A salute to our Armed Forces with an exciting "Old Time Radio" broadcast featuring Dean Mora and The Ft. MacArthur Officers Orchestra plus the Satin Dollz pin-up dancers and Master of Ceremonies Maxwell DeMille.

Evening Sponsor:

SOLD OUT! Wednesday, June 10 Los Angeles Theatre 615 S. Broadway Cabaret (Allied Artists, 1972, 124 minutes, Technicolor, MPAA rating: PG)

Director Bob Fosse paints a vivid portrait of decadent 1930s Berlin in this dramatic musical centered on an American cabaret singer, Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli). Her world revolves around performances at the surreal Kit Kat Club, and is complicated by her affairs with an introverted writer (Michael York) and a playboy baron (Helmut Griem). Winner of eight Academy Awards®, including Best Director (Fosse), Best Actress (Minnelli), and Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey as the enigmatic Master of Ceremonies. Print and film still courtesy of Warner Bros.

Special Program: The evening will be hosted by esteemed actor Michael York, co-star of Cabaret.

Evening Sponsors:

& Andrew Meieran

Co-presented with the
Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles

*TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE MILLION DOLLAR THEATRE STARTING AT 6 P.M.* Wednesday, June 17 Million Dollar Theatre 307 S. Broadway Macunaíma (Brazil, 1969, 105 minutes, color, in Portuguese with English subtitles, MPAA rating: R)

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the award-winning Brazilian classic based on the famous novel by Mario de Andrade. This farcical, irreverent satire follows anti-hero Macunaíma from the jungle to the city and back again. Not for the young or the faint of heart, the film uses mature themes, and sometimes graphic visuals, to poke fun at certain myths of Brazilian identity while critiquing the military regime in power at the time. Visit the LACLA website for past reviews of the film.

Print and film still courtesy of Filmes do Serro.

Special Program: The evening will be hosted by Sergio Mielniczenko, host and producer of the Brazilian Hour and Global Village radio shows. DJ Mochilla sets the mood before the screening with the sounds of samba, bossa nova, folk-psyck, batucada, and more, forging a musical link between the cultures of Los Angeles and Brazil.

Evening Sponsors:

Additional Support:
Councilman Jose Huizar (CD14)
Randal Johnson, Director, UCLA Latin American Institute

SOLD OUT! Wednesday, June 24 Los Angeles Theatre 615 S. Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire (Warner Bros., 1951, 122 minutes, black/white, MPAA rating: PG)

Marlon Brando became a Hollywood legend for his raw performance as Stanley Kowalski, a role he created on Broadway, in the screen adaptation of this classic Tennessee Williams drama. The tragic tale follows Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh), a fading Southern belle who seeks refuge in the New Orleans home of her sister Stella (Kim Hunter). Instead, she finds brutality at the hands of her unsympathetic brother-in-law (Brando). Directed by Elia Kazan, the film was nominated for twelve Academy Awards. Print and film still courtesy of Warner Bros.

Special Program: The evening will be hosted by Leith Adams, Warner Bros. Corporate Archivist and co-author of James Dean: Behind the Scene and Graven Images.

Evening Sponsor:

SOLD OUT! Wednesday, July 1 Orpheum Theatre 842 S. Broadway Pandora's Box (Germany, 1929, 109 minutes, black/white)

Special Program: Acclaimed organist Robert Israel will accompany the film on the Orpheum’s Mighty Wurlitzer organ. Hosting the evening is Hugh Munro Neely, film historian and director of the documentary Louise Brooks, Looking for Lulu.

Evening Sponsor:

2009 SERIES SPONSORS

Series Star Sponsor

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Series Sponsors

Suzanne Deal Booth and David G. Booth &
Richard and Alison Crowell

Ed Limato

Major funding for the Los Angeles Conservancy's educational programs is provided by the Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation.

Palace Theatre
630 S. Broadway, Downtown

Built in 1911 as the third home of the Orpheum vaudeville circuit in Los Angeles, this theatre by architect G. Albert Lansburgh is now the oldest remaining original Orpheum theatre in the country. Loosely styled after a Florentine Renaissance palazzo, the faηade of this brick and concrete structure features terra cotta flowers, fairies, and theatrical masks illustrating the spirit of entertainment. It remains remarkably intact and is now used for filming and events.

Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #449, listed in the National Register of Historic Places

Photo by Tom Zimmerman Photography