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Location: Arlington Theatre

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California has a wide range of theatres ranging from the last remaining theatre built for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit, to modern-day performing arts centers rivaling the Lincoln Center in New York. Outside of Los Angeles, California boasts a large number of historic theatres and movies theatres.

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California (outside Los Angeles and San Francisco)

Avalon Theatre, Catalina Island

The Avalon Theatre is one of the two main components of the Catalina Casino Building, built by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. and opened in May 1929. The 1,200-seat theatre was designed for movies however has a full stage, orchestra pit, and dressing rooms allowing for stage productions. The theatre still retains its Page theatre pipe organ in almost original condition.

Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara

The Arlington Theatre is the largest movie theatre in Santa Barbara and was built in 1931 for Fox West Coast Theatres. Although the theatre has undergone several renovations it retains its atmospheric Spanish Colonial / Mission Revival style. The theatre is home to a 4-manual, 27-rank Robert-Morton organ, one of only five “Wonder Morton” theatre organs to have been built.

Balboa Theatre, San Diego

Opened in 1924 as a vaudeville theatre and movie palace, the Balboa was designed in several Spanish styles popularized by San Diego’s 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition. Following an extended period of closure starting in the 1980s, the Balboa underwent an extensive renovation and reopened in 2008.

Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego

Copley Symphony Hall opened in November 1929 as the Fox Theatre, a luxurious movie palace catering to 3,000 patrons and the third-largest single screen on the US West Coast. After a period of closure during the late 1970s and early 1980s, the theatre was gifted in 1984 to the San Diego Symphony and renamed Copley Symphony Hall.

Fox Theater Bakersfield

The Fox Theatre in Bakersfield opened on Christmas Day in 1930, as an atmospheric theatre with a Mediterranean village theme. In 1953 the auditorium was given a Skouras-style makeover, and today it remains one of the best preserved examples of this mid-century movie theatre style.

Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara

The Granada Theatre opened in Spring 1924, and one year later famously survived the devastating Santa Barbara Earthquake of Summer 1925. After decades serving as a movie theatre, the Granada underwent a major renovation in the early 2000s and is now a destination for large-scale touring productions while also being home to multiple Santa Barbara-resident companies.

Hanford Fox Theatre

The Fox Theatre in Hanford was built at a time when movies, and in particular “talkies”, were a relatively new phenomenon, but vaudeville entertainment was still a big draw in theatres up and down the country.

Observatory North Park, San Diego

Opened as the West Coast North Park in early 1929 by Fox West Coast Theatres, it was promoted by Fox as the first theatre in San Diego to be designed from the ground up for the exhibiting of sound, synchronized, and talking pictures. The theatre is now a popular and vibrant live entertainment and music venue.

Plaza Theatre, Palm Springs

The Plaza Theatre opened in late 1936 with the world premiere of Camille starring Greta Garbo. Built by Julia Carnell, the theatre was designed by architect firm Schenck & Williams in an Atmospheric style with a Spanish village theme.

San Diego Civic Theatre

The San Diego Civic Theatre opened in early 1965, designed by modernist architect Lloyd Ruocco – one of San Diego’s most influential architects. The Civic is San Diego county’s largest performing arts venue and is home to Broadway in San Diego, San Diego Opera, and the California Ballet.

Spreckels Theatre, San Diego

The Spreckels Theatre was hailed at its opening as the first modern commercial playhouse west of the Mississippi, and has been in continuous operation – save for a couple of refurbishments – since its opening in August 1912. The theatre was commissioned by sugar magnate John D. Spreckels to commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal and the upcoming Pan American Exposition held in San Diego in 1915.

Visalia Fox Theatre

The Visalia Fox Theatre was built by William Fox of Fox West Coast Theatres and opened in February 1930. It is one of California’s few remaining atmospheric theatres. The “blue sky” auditorium ceiling still features its original twinkling stars, and would have originally been enhanced with moving clouds adding to the atmospheric spectacle.

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