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The theatre was built as a result of a donation from Howard F. Ahmanson Sr, the founder of H.F. Ahmanson & Co., an insurance and savings and loans company. It was named for his second wife, businesswoman and philanthropist Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson. [1] Welton Becket & Associates was the architect. Construction began on March 9, 1962 and was ...
- 2,084
- 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California
- April 12, 1967
- Los Angeles Music Center
The Los Angeles Music Center (officially the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County) is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. [1] Located in downtown Los Angeles, The Music Center is composed of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Roy & Edna Disney CalArts Theatre (REDCAT), and ...
- The Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County
- 1.3 million per year
- 1964; 59 years ago
The Ahmanson Theatre, located at The Music Center, is where we showcase the plays and musicals that everyone has been talking about or will be talking about. It’s where we produce and present pre-Broadway runs as well as the best of Broadway and the West End, turning a night at the theatre into a true event.
The original Music Center, a $33.5 million, three-theatre complex, was dedicated as “A Living Memorial to Peace,” on December 6, 1964. Its principal building was named the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Yet, realization of The Music Center was not the end of Mrs. Chandler’s involvement. In 1968, she created the Amazing Blue Ribbon 400, a ...
The 22-acre Music Center campus includes four iconic theatres—Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and Walt Disney Concert Hall—and beautiful outdoor spaces including Jerry Moss Plaza, The Blue Ribbon Garden and Gloria Molina Grand Park. The campus was designed by the foremost architects, including Welton Beckett ...
1967–1977. Our beginning was marked by star-studded productions at the Ahmanson, thought-provoking and controversial work at the Taper, and World premieres by writers including Neil Simon and Derek Walcott. Tonight marks the realization of what seemed an impossible dream.
At our three theatres—the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre—we invite audiences to experience the broadest range of theatrical entertainment in the country. We produce and present the most celebrated shows straight from Broadway, thought-provoking and lively stories that help us understand our complicated ...
