| El Rey Theatre | |
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 The marquee of the El Rey Theatre, January 2007. |
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| Nickname(s) | The El Rey |
| Location | 5515 Wilshire Blvd. , Los Angeles, CA 90036 |
| Type | theater |
| Genre(s) | rock and roll |
| Built | 1936 |
| Opened | 1936 |
| Website | http://www.theelrey.com/ |
The El Rey Theatre is currently a live music venue in the Miracle Mile area of the Mid-Wilshire region in Los Angeles, California. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African The Miracle Mile is an area in the Mid-Wilshire region of Los Angeles California, consisting of a roughly one-mile stretch of Wilshire Boulevard between Fairfax Mid-Wilshire is a district in the City of Los Angeles California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. This art deco building was designed by Clifford A. Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial Balch (who designed over twenty classic art deco movie theaters around Southern California). Much of the theater still retains its art deco roots such as the lobby.
The El Rey was originally built in 1936 as a single-screen movie theater and functioned as a movie theater for nearly 50 years.
From the 1980s to the early 1990s the El Rey Theatre was a dance-music club called Wall Street, but since 1994 this theater has been a live music venue which is now exclusively booked through Goldenvoice. The capacity is approximately 700 and it also has a VIP balcony in the back.
The theater was designated as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 520 on February 26, 1991.
The El Rey also plays host to Sigma Alpha Epsilon's (Cal Delta, UCLA) annual Elimidance philanthropy. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United Last year Cal Delta SAE's generated over $3,000 in charitable donations to Students for International Change, a group dedicated to AIDS prevention and education in Africa.
References
- El Rey Theatre Official Web Site
- Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) Report
- Theatres designed by Clifford A. Balch
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