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The most lavish and one of the last built of Broadway’s great movie palaces, the Los Angeles Theatre was designed by S. Charles Lee with S. Tilden Norton. It recalls the glories of the French Baroque, with a majestic lobby featuring fluted columns, sparkling chandeliers, detailed gilt and plaster ornamentation, and a sunburst motif alluding to France’s “Sun King,” Louis XIV. The stage curtain depicts a courtly scene in three dimensions, with figures clothed in real fabric and wigs of braided wool. |
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Orpheum Theatre (1926) 842 South Broadway This theatre was the fourth and final home of the famed Orpheum vaudeville circuit in Los Angeles. Its Beaux Arts exterior (by architects Schultze and Weaver) leads to a grand, French interior by G. Albert Lansburgh, with gold-leaf decoration, silk wall panels, marble pilasters, and enormous chandeliers. Its 1928 Mighty Wurlitzer organ is the last remaining theatre organ on Broadway. In 2001, the Orpheum’s multimillion-dollar rehabilitation upgraded production capabilities and audience amenities while beautifully restoring the theatre’s historic elements. |
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The third L.A. home of the Orpheum circuit, this theatre is the oldest remaining original Orpheum theatre in the U.S. Architect G. Albert Lansburgh designed an Italian-influenced Renaissance Revival façade, with multicolored terra cotta and sculpted panels by Domingo Mora depicting the muses of vaudeville. The interior is distinctly French, with garland-draped columns and pale pastel colors. The auditorium was designed with excellent acoustics for a pre-amplified age, and its intimate vertical design kept each and every patron close to the stage. PLEASE NOTE: All auditoriums are wheelchair accessible. Restroom facilities at the Los Angeles and Palace Theatres are not wheelchair accessible. |
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