Majestic Crest Theatre, Art Deco movie theater in Westwood, Los Angeles, US

The Nimoy Theater, long known as the Majestic Crest Theatre, is a 500-seat Moderne-style theater at 1262 Westwood Boulevard in Los Angeles, designed by Arthur W. Hawes and opened in 1941. UCLA renovated it and reopened it in September 2023 as a performance space named after Leonard Nimoy.

Arthur W. Hawes designed the theatre in an austere Moderne style for financier Frances Seymour Fonda, and it opened in 1941 as the UCLAN, built for live performances. During World War II it became a newsreel cinema, then screened foreign films after the war. Renamed the Crest, it showed features such as Dr. Strangelove and Rosemary's Baby. Pacific Theatres bought it in 1985; Disney and Pacific renovated it in 1987–88 with an Art Deco interior by Joseph Musil. Robert Bucksbaum renamed it Majestic Crest in 2003, and the city designated it Historic-Cultural Monument No. 919 in 2008. UCLA acquired it in October 2018 and reopened it in September 2023 as the Nimoy Theater.

The theater sits in Westwood Village, a neighborhood long associated with film premieres and movie culture in Los Angeles. Its Art Deco facade stands out along the street and draws the attention of people walking through the area.

The theater is located in Westwood Village and is easy to reach on foot, with parking available nearby. It is worth checking what type of event is on before you visit, since the program alternates between film screenings and live performances.

The theatre's name changed with its owners: it opened as the UCLAN in 1941, became the Crest, was renamed the Majestic Crest in 2003 after the film The Majestic, and took the name Nimoy Theater when UCLA reopened it in September 2023. The pilot episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm shows Larry David at a screening in the Crest.