Orpheum Theatre, Historic theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, United States
Description
The Orpheum Theatre is a performance hall on South Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles, offering two thousand seats across several levels. The ceiling shows painted ornaments and gilding, while chandeliers and wall-mounted lamps light the hall.
History
It opened in 1926 as part of a theater chain presenting vaudeville acts and later films. After decades of shifting uses, a renovation in the late 1980s returned the hall to its earlier condition.
Culture
Shows over the decades gave the theater its role as a meeting point for jazz, soul, and early rock and roll. The interior keeps the kind of elegance that brought audiences from different neighborhoods together.
Practical
The theater sits on South Broadway, a few blocks south of the historic core, and is reachable by Metro. Tours through the hall and backstage areas run regularly and reveal details of the original fittings.
Did you know?
A Wurlitzer organ from the late 1920s still stands in the hall and is played during special events. Only two other such instruments remain working in the region.
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