Theatre

Photo by Spencer Lowell

Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles and The Theatre at Ace Hotel

The former United Artists Theatre and office tower now enjoy new life as an Ace Hotel with a beautifully rehabbed theatre, ushering in a whole new era of entertainment.

Photo by Michael Everett

Aero Theatre

R. M. Woolpert

This moderate-sized neighborhood theatre, completed in 1940, was built by Douglas Aircraft Company, the Santa Monica-based airplane manufacturer, to serve its factory employees.

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The Alex Theatre is Glendale's premier theatre and performance venue. Although originally designed by architects Lindley & Selkirk in a Classical Revival style with an entry forecourt, in 1940, the theatre façade was remodeled into a spectacular Moderne edifice by noted theatre architect S. Charles Lee, and was renamed the Alex.

Photo by Andrew Leeson

Apple Tower Theatre

S. Charles Lee

The Tower Theatre opened in 1927 and was the first theatre designed by renowned theatre architect S. Charles Lee. The creative designer fit 900 seats and ground floor retail onto a tiny corner lot. In June 2021, the Tower Theatre was adaptively reused and reopened as a new Apple store.

Photo by Lauren Everett/L.A. Conservancy

Arcade Theatre

Morgan & Walls

The 1910 Pantages Theatre on Broadway was the first in Los Angeles leased to the Pantages Vaudeville Circuit and is one of the oldest remaining theatres in the Broadway Historic Theatre district.