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El Rey Theatre | |
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| Location | 5515 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°3′45″N118°20′56″W / 34.06250°N 118.34889°W /34.06250; -118.34889 |
| Owner | AEG Live |
| Type | Theatre |
| Events | Pop,rock,jazz,crossover |
| Capacity | 771 |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1936 |
| Opened | 1936 |
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| Designated | February 26, 1991 |
| Reference no. | 520 |
TheEl Rey Theatre is a live music venue in theMiracle Mile area of theMid-Wilshire region inLos Angeles,California.
Thisart deco building was designed byClifford A. Balch (who designed over twenty classic art deco movie theatres aroundSouthern California). Much of the theatre, including the lobby, still retains its art deco roots, and is admired for its Zigzag andStreamline Moderne design.[1]
El Rey was built in 1936[1] as a single-screen movie theatre and functioned as a cinema for nearly 50 years.
From the 1980s to the early 1990s, El Rey Theatre was a dance-music club called Wall Street, but since 1994 this theatre has been a live music venue which is now exclusively booked throughGoldenvoice. The capacity is for 771 audience members and it also has a balcony for the VIPs at the back.
The theatre was designated as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 520 on February 26, 1991.
In 1995, it was featured as the main setting of the music video for theCowboy Junkies' song "Angel Mine" from theLay It Down album, featuringJaneane Garofalo.
The exterior of the theatre can be seen in the 1984 filmNight of the Comet and serves as the location where main character Regina (played byCatherine Mary Stewart) works.
The theatre's exterior is a central plot point of the link segments of the 1986 horror compilation filmZombiethon.
In January 2008, comedy rock bandThe Aquabats shot part of the pilot for their television seriesThe Aquabats! Super Show! in the theater as part of an exclusive partial concert for members of the band's fan club.
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