Rialto Theatre, South Pasadena
Updated: March 2021
Exterior improvement works have taken place at the theatre; the tenant’s proposals for their rehabilitation plans inside the theatre appear to be on hold.
Egyptian Theatre
Updated: 7th January 2021
Netflix’s plans for the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood were presented to the City of Los Angeles’ Cultural Heritage Commission in mid-January.
Huntington Park Warner
Updated: 1st January 2021
The Huntington Park Warner is currently for sale at $12 million, including the 20 year lease on the building.
Eagle Theatre, Eagle Rock
Updated: 9th December 2020
Vidiots, new long-term lessee of the Eagle Theatre in Eagle Rock, succeed in having onerous conditions removed from their Conditional Use Permit.
Earl Carroll Theatre
Updated: 18th September 2020
Developer Essex Property Trust presented their plans for the façade restoration of the theatre to the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission today. Click here to see a copy of the presentation and read LAHTF’s statement on it.
San Gabriel Mission Playhouse
Updated: 19th August 2020
The City of San Gabriel is considering several options for the future of the Mission Playhouse, including full closure.
Tower Theatre
Updated: 15th August 2020
After an absence of just short of 50 years, we’re delighted to share the news that a replica tower cap has been fitted to the top of the clock tower!
Grand Theater
Updated: August 2020
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) determined in August that reuse of the theatre is infeasible and inconsistent with LACCD’s programming and educational goals for the campus, and is proposing that the theatre building be demolished.
Crest Westwood Theatre
Updated: 26th June 2020
In late June it came to LAHTF’s attention that urban explorers had gained access to Crest Theatre. Prompt communication by ourselves with UCLA ensured that the property is now once again secure.
Westlake Theatre
Updated: June 2020
Owners of the Westlake Theatre have put the building up for sale or lease again, as part of a listing package with two other properties.
Avalon Theatre, Catalina Island
Updated: March 2020
Following the closure of the Avalon Theatre as a first-run movie house at the start of 2020, and prior to the arrival of the novel coronavirus, the Catalina Island Company and the City of Avalon were in negotiations regarding a City-run monthly community movie night.
![Fox Theatre, Venice
Updated: September 2019
The Fox Venice, long underutilized as a “swap meet”, was sold about a year ago, and a proposal to tear down all but the facade and build a Trader Joes on the location was presented to the city Planning Dept in January 2019. [Photo courtesy Bill Counter]
Click here for more info.](https://www.lahtf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FoxVenice-199-400x300.jpg "Fox Venice")
Fox Theatre, Venice
Updated: September 2019
The Fox Venice, long underutilized as a “swap meet”, was sold about a year ago, and a proposal to tear down all but the facade and build a Trader Joes on the location was presented to the city Planning Dept in January 2019. [Photo courtesy Bill Counter]
Million Dollar Theatre
Updated: 2nd July 2019
The Million Dollar Theatre was granted Historic-Cultural Monument status by the City Council on 2nd July.
At the June 8th Last Remaining Seats screening it was announced that CoBird is no longer the tenant of the Million Dollar Theatre.
Star Theater, La Puente
Updated: 17th June 2019
S. Charles Lee’s one-of-a-kind Star Theater was demolished this morning to make way for 22 condos.
LAHTF is working behind the scenes to try to save the iconic neon Star sign, but the theatre is gone. Click here for more info.
York Theatre, Highland Park
Updated: February 2019
The former York Theatre in Highland Park, a local movie theatre built in the 1920s, recently became home to the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Their first public shows start in July 2019!
Roxie, Cameo, and Arcade Theatres
Updated: October 2018
The youngest and oldest historic theatres on Broadway are getting some much needed attention. The owners of the Roxie (November 1931), Cameo (October 1910), and Arcade (September 1910) have pulled building permits to replace and repair the roof areas of all three theatres. Over the years there have been multiple roof leaks, and no further building improvements are likely to take place until the leaks have been fixed, so this is good news for these three underutilized theatres. Click here fore more info.
State Theatre
Updated: August 2018
The theatre has been vacant after Cathedral Of Faith (Catedral de la Fe), long term tenants, moved out in early 2018. LAHTF is working with the owners of the State Theatre to find a theatrical tenant for the theatre
Hollywood Warner Theatre
Updated: Fall 2017
There has been a lot of attention circling the Hollywood Warner Theatre (Hollywood Pacific), so we would like to take a few minutes to report the current status. After a year of many productive meetings, Robertson Properties agreed to fund a neutral third-party feasibility study, with the reactivation of the theatre as the priority. This agreement was a big step forward from the owner’s starting point, that the theatre had to be demolished. Click here to continue reading.
Fox Inglewood Theatre
Updated: September 2017
When opened in 1949 The Fox Inglewood Theatre, at 1,166 seats, was one of the largest theatres build in South L.A. The theatre entertained a number of generations of City residents before welcoming its last movie patron in 1984. Since then, the fate of the Fox Inglewood has been uncertain. Photo by Matt Lambros. Click here for more info.
View the latest posts from LAHTF
View the latest tweets from LAHTF
News
The latest from the LAHTF
ALL ABOUT the Palace Theatre
LAHTF is thrilled to be returning to the Palace Theatre on Broadway for our signature ALL ABOUT tour. Join us for our first event of 2024 when we go behind-the-scenes from below stage to the projection booth above and everything in between.
Originally built as the Orpheum, this 1911 theatre was locally landmarked in 1989 from an application submitted by LAHTF’s founding board and sits in the center of the largest theatre district listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. You don’t want to miss this special in-depth exploration as walk through 113 years of history from vaudeville to burlesque, movies to music videos. Be sure to keep an eye out on the small architectural details hiding throughout the theatre, too!
General Admission Tickets: $25.
LAHTF Member Tickets: $15.
Accessibility: Some back of house spaces of the tour may have limited accessibility.
For more info and online booking, click here.
ALL ABOUT the El Capitan Theatre
Our most recent ALL ABOUT event took place at the historic El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, in early November.
Members and supporters went behind-the-scenes, from the stage basement to the followspot booth way up at the back of the auditorium, and everywhere in between.
This 1926 theatre is rich in Hollywood movie history and our friends at Disney and the El Capitan gave us an all-access pass to much of the theatre, along with a fantastic presentation on the Wurlitzer organ with a 1-to-1 Q+A with Rob Richards, the El Capitan’s organist since 1999.
Be sure to check out LAHTF’s membership and supporter options for how you can take part in forthcoming events like this!
L.A. Theatres At Risk 2022
At a special virtual event on 27th August 2022, LAHTF announced its “Theatres at Risk” for 2022.
If you weren’t able to attend our event at the time, click here to watch our 35-minute presentation Los Angeles Theatres at Risk 2022, on YouTube.
The presentation introduces viewers to LAHTF’s risk rating process, developed so that all theatres are assessed on the same non-subjective criteria. We then dive into the Top 11 Theatres at Risk for 2022, and conclude with information on how you can help LAHTF keep a watchful eye on the historic theatres of Los Angeles County.