Fonda Theatre, Concert venue and movie theater in Hollywood, US.
The Fonda Theatre is a concert and movie venue on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, holding around 1,200 guests. The structure reflects Spanish Colonial Revival style, showing a prominent front, interior balconies, and the adjoining bar known as The Jayne.
The theater opened in 1926 as the Carter DeHaven Music Box and drew investments from Hollywood figures such as John Barrymore and Mae Murray. From 1945 onward, the venue moved from stage shows to film screenings and carried the names Guild, Fox, and Pix Theatre over time, before being renamed in honor of Henry Fonda in 1985 and returning to live performances.
The name honours Henry Fonda, though the theatre was renamed by the Nederlander Organization in 1985, decades after his stage and film career. Its marquee has carried several names: Music Box, Guild, Fox, Pix and Fonda. The room has hosted the Pulitzer-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross and Driving Miss Daisy, and since 2012 Goldenvoice has run it as a concert house.
Visitors may spend time before a concert or screening at The Jayne Bar, which offers separate restrooms and lounge seating on the balcony. For large events, it helps to arrive early because entry happens in stages depending on ticket type.
The building's Spanish Colonial Revival façade was covered with sheet metal in 1945 when Fox West Coast converted it into a cinema in Streamline Moderne style. Restoration toward its 1920s appearance began in 2002, and the original Music Box name returned to the marquee. LA Weekly named it the top venue in Los Angeles in 2015.
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