Kirk Douglas Theatre, Performing arts center in Downtown Culver City, United States

The Kirk Douglas Theatre is a performing arts venue on Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California, housed in a restored building that once served as a cinema. It has 317 seats arranged to keep the audience close to the stage, and it operates as part of the Center Theatre Group.

Built in 1946 as a Streamline Moderne movie palace seating 1,160 on a stadium plan with no overhanging balcony, the Culver Theatre opened on Wednesday, August 13, 1947, near the Columbia Pictures lot. After the entertainment industry moved north, the worn cinema closed; an $8 million restoration, including a $1.25 million City of Culver City grant, added two stages and reopened it in 2004 under Center Theatre Group management.

The building began as the Culver Theatre, a 1946 Streamline Moderne movie palace with 1,160 seats on a stadium plan and no overhanging balcony; it opened on 13 August 1947. Its exterior largely survives, including the box office and the mezzanine tile. Since 2004 the Center Theatre Group has run it as a 317-seat playhouse, with two added stages of 100 and over 300 seats.

The auditorium holds 317 seats on a single stadium-plan level with no overhanging balcony, so every row looks straight at the stage. The 1946 Streamline Moderne exterior survives, including the original box office and the mezzanine tile, which can be seen before entering. The building sits near the former Columbia Pictures and MGM studio lots in Culver City.

The building opened in 1947 as the Culver Theatre, a Streamline Moderne cinema with 1,160 seats on a stadium plan and no overhanging balcony. The $8 million restoration, which included a $1.25 million grant from the City of Culver City, added two new stages, one with 100 seats and another with over 300. Much of the exterior survives, including the box office and the mezzanine tile.