Saban Theatre, Art Deco theatre in Beverly Hills, United States
The Saban Theatre is a performing arts venue in Beverly Hills with a 2000-seat auditorium decorated in Art Deco style. Geometric patterns in silver, black, and coral colors accent the interior, which includes a columned rotunda lobby and a large proscenium arch.
The Fox Wilshire Theatre opened on September 19, 1930, with 2,500 seats, designed by S. Charles Lee as a film house with a stage for vaudeville. It served as a 20th Century Fox premiere theater for decades until a 1981 renovation turned it into a stage venue. In 2009 it was renamed the Saban Theatre after a $5 million grant from Haim and Cheryl Saban, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 2012.
The space now hosts concerts, theatrical productions, and religious ceremonies for diverse audiences. Visitors enter through a columned rotunda before reaching the auditorium with its distinctive silver, black, and coral color palette.
The theatre is located along Wilshire Boulevard and is easily accessible to visitors. The space is equipped with technical systems including multiple stage rigging lines to support various production needs.
The theatre's archives connection runs through UCLA: restoration of the orchestra and proscenium drew on S. Charles Lee's papers held at the UCLA School of Architecture. The work was guided by Evergreene Architectural Arts, a firm whose past projects include Radio City Music Hall and the Metropolitan Opera.
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