Pantages Theatre

There are many reasons why I am upset when there is a union layoff.  Most of the reasons I probably should not print on this blog, but one that I am comfortable with saying is that I often miss out on being in a cool old theatre.  That was the case with Los Angeles.  When we went to see Beauty on opening night in LA, I was immediately in love with the Pantages, and I knew that I had to use my backstage pass to get in and take some pictures.  Here they are:

I don't normally dwell on pictures of the lobby, but there were so many cool decorations to photograph!

A Visit to El Capitan

I would have preferred being able to see a movie at the Chinese Theatre, but in some ways it made more sense for me to see one at El Capitan.  I mean Disney runs El Capitan and that is where they premiere their movies.  During my first week in LA, El Capitan was showing Gnomeo and Juliet.  I had really wanted to see that movie, but it just did not work out for me to go that week so I had to settle for their next movie: Mars Needs Moms.  In a cool coincidence, Jeremy's friend Amy played French horn on the soundtrack so we met up to see the movie.  As for the movie, the less said the better.  The movie palace itself is pretty spectacular though!

And yes there is actually a small soda fountain and studio store connected to the theatre.

Grauman's Chinese Theatre

On my list of things to do in Los Angeles, seeing a movie in one of the old movie palace theatres was towards the top of the list.  The obvious choice of course is the Chinese Theatre.  Well sadly the Chinese did not have a movie that I was interested in seeing during my 3 weeks there.  That did not stop me from taking pictures of it though!

The Chinese set up for a rainy movie premiere.

Hurray For Hollywood

One of the areas that I walked around in most Hollywood.  The Pantages Theatre where Beauty and the Beast was playing was in Hollywood, but there were several other attractions that I wanted to see.  I will get to some of them individually, but here are a few general pictures:

Even the subway stations are movie themed in Hollywood.

The Capitol Records building.  Some say that it looks like a stack of records (or pancakes).

The Kodak Theatre is the home of the Oscars.

El Capitan is one of the old movie palaces in Hollywood.  The one that Disney uses incidentally.

Grauman's Egyptian Theatre and of course...

The Chinese Theatre.