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The Ahmanson Theatre is located on the north end of the Music Center Plaza. The Plaza is bordered by Grand Avenue to the East and Hope Street to the West. Get Directions.
About the Theatre
The Ahmanson has a classic proscenium stage designed for large musicals and plays in a three level configuration: a main floor Orchestra level, a mid-level Mezzanine, and an upper Balcony section. A unique, state-of-the-art 1995 reconfiguration provides the Ahmanson with variable seating capacity from 1,600 - 2,000, allowing the theatre to accommodate a greater variety of plays, from the intimate to the spectacular. It currently enjoys the largest theatrical subscription base on the West Coast in a year-round season from early fall through late summer. The Ahmanson is wheelchair accessible on all levels and provides Phonic Ear sound system headsets for the hard of hearing.
For nearly 40 years the Ahmanson Theatre has presented a wide variety of dramas, musicals, comedies and classic revivals, playing host to a veritable who's who in the entertainment world from Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Rex Harrison, to James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave and Cherry Jones. For excellence in all phases of production, the Ahmanson has been honored with over 50 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards.
Fact File
- Opening performances: April 12, 1967, "More Stately Mansions" starring Ingrid Bergman, Arthur Hill and Colleen Dewhurst.
- Construction began March 9, 1962
- Site dedicated April 12, 1967
- Site rededicated December 15, 1994 after renovation.
- Site rededicated December 15, 1994 after renovation by Ellerbe Becket Architects
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