"It's cold out there. Colder than a ticket taker's smile at the Ivar Theatre on Saturday night"
- Tom Waits, "Nighthawks at the Diner" - 1975.
Opened: February 5, 1951 as a legit theatre with a production of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street." The Ivar was a project of restaurant owner Yegishe Harout. He had earlier opened Har-Omar, a restaurant at 1605 N. Ivar, and just added the theatre on the front. On the afternoon of this photo in April 2022 they had the neon turned on although there was no event at the theatre. Photo: Bill Counter
An opening day news story. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this to add as a comment to a post about the theatre on the Photos of Los Angeles private Facebook group.
Seating: 376 initially, including a shallow balcony. The seating was redone in 2002 and it ended up with a capacity of 284.
Stage facilities: There was once an orchestra pit. The house still has hemp system fly capability.
There have been occasional movie bookings over the years at the Ivar but
it's usually been a legit playhouse. Much of the data regarding early
shows comes from a 1951 to 1961 production list that Mace Wyndu came
across when he was working in the theatre. It's reproduced at the bottom
of the page.
"Joan
of Lorraine" with Luise Rainier and Walter Coy was the second
production in 1951, opening February 5. H.J. Kennedy's production of
"The Mad Woman of Chaillot" with Aline MacMahon, Eve McVeagh and Barbara
Rush opened March 28. "Tartuffe," starring Sam Jaffe, Alex Gerry and
Kathleen Freeman, opened May 15. "Detective Story" with Chester Morris
and others opened June 4.
The 6th show was "Peg O' My Heart" with Joan
Evans, John Agar, Eve Mc Veagh, Eve Halpern and Cora Witherspoon. It
opened July 3. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this ad for a post on the Photos of Los Angeles private Facebook group. Note the billing of the theatre as Harout's Ivar.
The
last show of the inaugural season was "For Love or Money," opening July
31, 1951. It featured Wanda Hendrix, Don Shelton and Erin O'Brien
Moore. Evidently the only show in 1952 was the Tuesday Night Players
production of "Assembly Call" starring Mary Scott (Mrs. Cedric
Hardwicke). It opened March 25.
A May 1954 ad for "Tin Pan Alec." Thanks to Ken McIntyre for spotting this.
Four
additional shows of the 1954 season were "The Infernal Machine,"
opening August 8, "Operation Password," opening sometime later in
August, "Sketches on a Roman Wall" with Marta Mitrovich and Irma Naiman
opening September 29, and "Halfway to Heaven" with Carolyn Dale and Bert
Horner, opening October 20.
The 1955 season began April 27
with the Stage Society production of "Misalliance." "The Mistress of the
Inn" with the Ana Modjeska Players opened May 25. That was followed by
the Stage Society production of "The Torchbearers" on June 15. The
Intercollegiate Drama Foundation offered "Run For Cover" beginning July
13. The Stage Society production of "Storm in the Sun" opened August 18.
The final show was the Stage Society production of "The Plow and the
Stars" with Richard Erdman, Robert Vaughn and others. It opened
September 28.
Shows in 1956 were "The World of Sholem Aleichem,"
directed by Howard Da Silva, opening April 4. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this April ad, billing the theatre again as Harout's Ivar.
"Sholem Aleichem" was followed by "Dark
of the Moon" in June, lady magician Dell O'Dell appearing in July, Rae
Bourbon appearing in "Lost in Juarez" in September. The American
premiere of "Survival" with John Anderson and Karen Verne opened
November 13. Maggie O'Bryne was in "The Man With the Golden Arm," a show
that opened December 27.
"Tiger at
the Gates" with Robert Ryan, John Ireland and Mary Astor opened January
29, 1957. James Whitmore was in "Time Limit" beginning February 20. That
was followed by "Jason" with Magda Harout. "The Daring Darlinis" with
Carol Brewster opened July 10. The last show in 1957 was "Career,"
opening October 28. It featured Cliff Robertson, Helen Walker and David
Post.
The 1958 season began with a show with Spanish dancer Senorita Inesita
on March 23. The double bill of "The Brick and the Rose" and "Popping
the Question" opened March 25. Maurice Schwartz was in "The Lonely Ship"
beginning April 30. Josiane Marbais appeared in "Josette" beginning
August 26. The season closed with Cathleen Nesbitt in Tennessee
Williams' play "Garden District," opening October 28.
An October 1958 ad for "The Garden District."
Lord Buckley appeared in "An Evening With Lord Buckley," opening February 2, 1959. Bob Blackburn notes that Buckley's 1959 album "Way Out Humor" was recorded live at the Ivar. "The Boy Friend" opened February 19.
In
the early 60s the theatre was operated by Zev Bufman and Stan Seiden.
The 1960 season began with Eddie Foy III in "The Only Game in Town,"
opening January 28. "Pajama Tops" was next, a show that played several
different theatres. The revue "Vintage '60" opened April 27 for a long
run. It featured Barbara Heller, Fay DeWitt, Michelle Lee, Jack
Albertson and Bert Convy. Mickey Deems was the writer, Billy Barnes did
the music, Jonathan Lucas was the choreographer.
The 1960 season closed with
Herschel Bernardi in the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee play "Only in
America." It opened December 25. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating the ad.
Elsa Lanchester opened her
show "Elsa Lanchester, Herself" on May 25, 1961. The Second City troupe
were up next, opening June 6.
"The Fantasticks" had it's first L.A. run
at the theatre beginning in November 1961 with Bill Bixby as the boy and
Jack Betts as El Gallo. See the list at the bottom of the page that was
located by Mace Wyndu for more data on the shows in the 1951 to 1961
period.
"Under the Yum Yum Tree" with Bixby, Richard Erdman
and Regina Gleason (and then a string of other male leads) had an
engagement of nearly two years beginning in May 1962 and running until
March 1964. Earlier it had had a run at the Las Palmas.
An ad for "Under The Yum Yum Tree" from February 1963 that was located by Ken McIntyre. They were also doing "Snow White" as weekend matinees for the kids. "Come Blow Your Horn" was at the Las Palmas and "Pajama Tops" was at the Le Grand Theatre, the former Hollywood Canteen.
Darren McGavin directed and starred in "The Indoor Sport." Thanks to Ken for locating this April 1964 ad.
An item about "The Indoor Sport" that was located by Ken.
A production of "Tiny Alice" starring Signe Hasso played the Ivar during February and March 1966. John Rust was the producer.
In 1966 the Grateful Dead did NOT perform at the Ivar on February 25,
despite this theatre being listed as the venue on several websites and
even on a CD. See an image of the cover of a CD from that night with the venue listed as the Ivar that was located by Ken McIntyre. The show was actually at the Cinema Theatre on Western Ave.
Fredd
Wayne starred in "Benjamin Franklin, Citizen," a production that opened
October 25, 1966. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating the ad.
The Arch Oboler 3-D film "The Bubble" with Michael Cole and Deborah
Walley played its first run engagement at the Ivar. It opened March 17, 1967 on a four wall deal. Thanks to Ken
McIntyre for finding the March ad.
A 1967 newspaper cartoon about "The Bubble." Thanks to Lawrence Kaufman for including this in his extensive 2023 Facebook post about the film. He notes that on May 17 Variety reported that the film was closing after a seven week run. Also see Lawrence's 2025 post about the film.
A
booking of Satyajit Ray's film "Kanchenjungha" in May 1967. Thanks to
Ken McIntyre for digging out this column of Hollywood theatre ads from
the Times for a post on the Photos of Los Angeles private Facebook group.
A May 1967 ad for "Kanchenjungha." This one was shared by Ken McIntyre in a thread about the theatre on the Ken's Movie Page Facebook group.
A
September 27, 1967 ad for Jesse White and Roy Stuart in a production of
Neil Simon's "The Odd couple." Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating
this.
Elsa Lanchester was a performer at the theatre again in 1967. An audio interview "Elsa Lanchester Herself" is available on the Internet Archive from Pacifica Radio Archives. "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" had a long run in 1968.
In 1969 "Visigoths" promised to be "Musical Theatre of Involvement. It's a December 24 ad that was located by Ken McIntyre.
"Dames
at Sea," a Chuck Barris production, played in 1970. "The Boys In the
Band" also had a successful run at this time. In 1971 Patty Andrews
appeared in "Victory Canteen."
A production of "Godspell" opened December 21, 1971 after a sold out
six-week run at the Mark Taper Forum. Ken McIntyre located the ad. 1972 had a run of the X-rated play
"The Dirtiest Show in Town" by Tom Eyens, an "all-nude play about sex,
war and smog." In December 1972 the booking was a program of gospel
music.
Donavan S. Moye visited the theatre in the early 70s: "Saw a
terrible 16mm print of 'Deep Throat' there, back when it was de
rigueur--so probably '72, '73?"
The theatre had been closed a while in 1973 when it suffered a fire in
the backstage areas and the attic. It was reported in a small item on
page two of the February 4 L.A. Times. Howard Nugent, former master
electrician at the Pantages, recounts:
"I was a brand new stagehand. In July I had a call to help restore the
hemp rigging and house restore after a fire had done a lot of damage. I worked
there with a few other hands for 2-3 weeks refitting and then loading in
a show called 'Oh Coward,' a Noel Coward revue. Just a small box of a
theater but I got a huge amount of experience in that time. Very few
hemp rigs left in Los Angeles even then. But invaluable lessons."
The production of "Oh, Coward" opened July 17, 1973. This ad from August 1973 that was located by Ken McIntyre.
In
the fall of 1973 there was a run of "The Incommunicado Mikado," a
version of the show updated for the Watergate era. Mr. Harout, the
owner, died in June 1974 and the Ivar changed hands several times
following that.
A November 1974 ad for the Ivar as a film house running "High School Fantasies."
In late 1974 or early 1975 the Ivar became a burlesque theatre.
A
new policy announced in 1977 of a "Continuous Live Nude Show." But they
were still doing film showings as well. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for
locating the ad for a comment to a post on the Photos of Los Angeles private Facebook group.
An ad for another 1977 attraction that was located by Ken McIntyre.
An April 1977 ad located by Ken McIntyre.
One of the highlights during the house's burlesque years was "Camera
Night." Photographers frequenting the venue included Norman Breslow,
Bill Dane, David Fahey, Anthony Friedkin, Michael Guske, Ryan Herz ,
Beth Herzhaft and Paul McDonough. The organization drkrm curated a 2012
group show "Camera Night at the Ivar." Patricio Maya comments about the Ivar in an essay on the page:
"The
Ivar Theatre in Hollywood has inspired lyrics in the songs of Tom
Waits. Photographer Garry Winogrand's images of Ivar strippers have
been displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Ivar started life
as a legitimate performance theater when it first opened in 1951. It
later became a rock club; The Grateful Dead played there in 1966.
Performers through the years have included Lord Buckley, Lenny Bruce
and many others. Elvis made a movie there. The theatre changed hands
frequently and by the late 60’s it became a full-nudity strip joint -
one of the last standing 'Burlesk' houses in the United States.
"The
Ivar was lewd and notorious in its day. It was described by its
patrons as 'a chamber of desperation, a mausoleum for souls -- on and
off the runway.' Ross MacLean, one time stage manager and spotlight
operator for two years, says 'It's difficult to convey how bizarrely
un-sexy and un-romantic the place was. A lot of the girls just danced
around in street clothes, and took them off with about as much charm as
someone undressing in a locker room.'
"Sunday and
Tuesday evenings were camera nights, where for the cover charge the
customers could take as many pictures as they liked. If a customer put a
dollar on the catwalk, the performer would give him an up-close and
very personal view of her body.
"At the time the club
drew many now-notable photographers including Winogrand (who according
to historian John Szarkowski, shot 150 rolls of film there), Bill Dane,
David Fahey, Paul McDonough and Anthony Friedkin to name a few. drkrm
is drawn to curating this exhibit for many reasons. It was a time when
these photographers were somewhat known but not on the level they are
now and some were all part of a greater circle in New York City that
also included Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander and Tod Papageorge. Some of
them were good friends and used to shoot together, even following each
other out to California.
"On another level, what's intriguing is allowing photographs
to be taken inside the club, it gives us an incredible look at an
audience of voyeurs, normally protected by the cover of darkness. In
that split second of the camera's flash, we can see the men in the
audience, their facial expressions, how they're sitting, where they're
looking or not looking. The late LA artist Mike Kelly described the
behavior of the Ivar's male audience members, 'as if drugged in a
dentist’s chair, the men sit frozen and immobile. There is no show of
emotion, no hooping, hollering or wild applause. Seances are livelier.'
This exhibit is as much about the relationship between the women on
stage and the men in the audience as is it is about the actual image
and the photographers who took them."
In 1989 the Inner City
Cultural Center purchased the building and did both their own shows as
well as rentals. In 1996 the building went into foreclosure following
the death of the ICCC founder, C. Bernard Jackson. After a 2002
renovation, it emerged as the home of the California Youth Theatre.
That group moved to another venue in the middle of the decade. Following
their exit there were several seasons of music and plays. At various
times the venue has been advertised as the New Ivar Theatre.
The restaurant/bar in back: The
venue at the back of the lot, with an entrance at what is now 1608
Cosmo St., pre-dated the theatre. Brian Michael McCray notes that he was
told by Harry Hay, an operator of the space in the 70s, that in 1929 it
had been L.A.'s first gay bar, then called Jimmy's Backyard. Michael Snider comments that until the end of prohibition it was a speakeasy. Michael Snider comments: "Louis
Jordan performed there in the 1940s, for white audiences who wouldn't
go to Central Avenue, in an LA that was very racially divided."
A 1956 newspaper item about the restaurant when it was the Har-Omar that was located by Ken McIntyre.
A 1950s ashtray from the Har-Omar that was on display at the 2024 Hollywood Heritage exhibit "Out With the Stars."
In 1957 it became Cosmo Alley.
Thanks to Scott Colette for locating this photo by William Claxton of
Stan Getz playing sax by the stage door in the late 1950s. In a Forgotten Los Angeles Facebook post he offers this history:
"Located
behind the Ivar Theatre, Cosmo Alley was a Hollywood Beatnik hangout at
Cosmo & Selma opened by future music manager Herb Cohen in late
1957. Like many beatnik joints at the time, Cosmo Alley was primarily a
coffee house, with food, beer, wine, and 'a score or more types of
coffee,' and it also featured nightly performances of 'jazz poetry and
off-beat comedians who work in the style of Mort Stahl.'
"I'm
guessing that Cosmo Alley closed in 1964, as I can’t find it in
listings past November 1963. Not long after, Cohen began managing Frank
Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, with whom he worked for more than
ten years, and he started taking on other acts including Alice Cooper,
Tom Waits, Linda Ronstadt, The Turtles, and Lenny Bruce. Officially,
this photograph is listed as 1955, but given that Cosmo Alley wouldn’t
open for two more years, the date is likely wrong. That, or it might be a
misremembering, and was taken at the Har-Omar restaurant which
previously occupied the building and did host occasionally host live
music, up until their 1955 move to the Sunset Strip."
In the 60s the restaurant was called The Backstage. Joe Byron notes that when it was a comedy club Lenny Bruce
and George Carlin performed there. Michael Snider notes:
"The
bar was known as Bido Lido's for a period in the 1960s, and acts like
Love and the Doors played there."
Ken Roe and Ken McIntyre note on
Cinema Treasures that it later morphed into a club named The Sewers of
Paris. In a post on the Classic Hollywood/LosAngeles/SFV Facebook page Bruce Lassen commented:
"When
it was The Sewers Of Paris, you went up the stairway on the outside to a
door and then down a circular stairway, giving the illusion that you
were going down below street level. It was fun! The Sunday Brunch was
great! I wish somebody would buy that building and do it again. Anyone?"
By 1977
it was a gay bar called Gaslight, a rock/goth hangout. Brian Michael McCray notes that at the time it was operated by Harry Hay. Thanks to Bob Blackburn for sharing this photo he took in the early 1990s. Michael Snider comments:
"When I saw Sky Saxon perform at the
Gaslight in the early 90s he was still calling it Bido Lido's."
In 1996 it was renamed The Opium Den. At times it has been used as a green
room and reception area for the theatre. Joe Byron of the Los Angeles Film School comments that they now refer to
the space as the "brick box."
Status: Currently the theatre is used by the Los Angeles Film School, 877-9LA-FILM or events@lafilm.edu. They purchased the building in 2007.
Interior views:
A gloomy look at the auditorium in 2001. It's a photo on the Tom Waits Fan site's page about the Ivar Theatre where they credit it to N.N. / Tom Waits Library.
A different false proscenium. Thanks to Ken Roe for this 2005 shot of the Ivar's auditorium that appears on Flickr. When you have a day to spare you might browse his Movie Theatres - USA album for over 700 photos of theatres around the country.
The pinrail off right at the Ivar. Thanks to Ronald W. Mahan for sharing his photo.
A 2023 view to the stage by Mace Wyndu. This photo and others on the page by Mace were added as comments to a post on the Los Angeles Theatres
Facebook page of a photo of the Ivar running "The Bubble" in a 3-D
process called "Space Vision." Mace commented: "Not quite Space Vision
but we are still working on some fun projects in the old theatre."
Looking down from the booth. Photo: Mace Wyndu - 2023
A main floor view. Note the pinrail over on the left. Photo: Mace Wyndu - 2023
One of the end standards. Photo: Mace Wyndu - 2023. Thanks!
More exterior views:
c.1955 - The theatre from above in its green period. On the right
that's the Los Angeles Public Library's Hollywood branch, a building
that burned in 1982. The tall building in the background is the
Hollywood Athletic Club on Sunset Blvd. Thanks to Sean Ault for spotting
the photo on eBay. Noirish Los Angeles contributor Ethereal Reality
also shared it on his Noirish post #53668.
c.1955 - A detail from the previous photo.
1960s - The Ivar as a
legit house running "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off." Thanks to
Julio Martinez for including the photo in "The Ivar Theatre and the
Decline of LA's Mid-sized Theatres," his now-vanished May 2018 article
for the L.A. Stage Alliance that appeared in their online magazine @This
Stage.
1967
- "It floats off the screen over your head." The March 17 Los Angeles
premiere of Arch Oboler's film "The Bubble." It was filmed in what he
called "Space Vision," a 3-D process using two images stacked on top of
each other within the frame. Thanks to Bob Furmanek for sharing this
view on a now vanished page about the film for his site his 3-D Film Archive.
c.1971 - Thanks to the wonderful McAvoy/Bruce Torrence Historic Hollywood Photographs Collection
for this view looking north from Selma Ave. It's their #T-030-3. The
show at the theatre is "Godspell." It opened December 21, 1971 after a
sold out run at the Taper Forum. Also on the Hollywood Photographs
website: 1975 view - #T-030-5 | 1978 view - with a copter on the roof - #T-030-6 |
1978 - The Ivar with a helicopter on the roof. Thanks to Ross MacLean for the photo on the Facebook page Vintage Los Angeles.
Ross, who worked at the Ivar two years, notes: "The helicopter on the
roof is thanks to the efforts of one of the owners, Lee Witten, a
chopper pilot. He thought it would 'attract attention.' As if the big
pink painting of Carol Conners wouldn't."
c.1978 - A photo from Ross MacLean. It made an appearance on the Ivar page of the now-vanished site TomWaits.com site.
c.1978 - Thanks to Nancy Westfall-Stewart for locating this shot for a post on the Lost Angeles Facebook group.
c.1978 - A shot by Tom Speropulos appearing on the site Art Pal where there are over 200 additional photos taken by him. Also pay a visit to Tom's website: sperosphotography.com
1980 - The Ivar as seen from Vine St. during its burlesque days. It's a photo by Matt Sweeney. Thanks to John Matkowsky of drkrm for identifying the photographer. And also to Sean Ault for locating the photo and sending it along.
1980s - An entrance view added by Katherine Turman as a comment to a post on the Lost Angeles Facebook group. She notes: "As
a young music journalist in the 1980s, I went there to interview El
Duce of the band The Mentors for Music Connection magazine. Eldon worked
there!"
c.1983 - Thanks to the now-vanished website American Classic Images for this photo.
1985 - A Gary Leonard photo taken in August during construction
of the Hollywood Branch Library, a Frank Gehry design. Thanks to Eitan
Alexander for spotting the photo in the Los Angeles Public Library collection.
c.1988
- Some signage taken off the facade. Thanks to John English for sharing
this photo he took, along with one other shot, in a 2024 Facebook post. And thanks to Chris Nichols for spotting it.
late 1980s - It's a photo that appeared on a page about the Ivar
on the now-vanished site tomwaitsfan.com. Waits recorded his 1975 album
"Nighthawks at the Diner" at the theatre. The photo is credited as being
from Art Fine. Sorry that there's not a larger size available.
2002 - The Ivar's signage after the facade renovations. The neon installation was designed by
Kunio Ohashi. The uncredited photo appeared on a website promoting a 2004
reading of the play "Little By Little" by Nathan Sanders and featuring Piper Laurie.
2002 - Another view
of the post-renovation facade designed by Kunio Ohashi. The photo appeared on his now-vanished website.
2005 - A photo from Ken McIntyre. It appeared as a post on the private Facebook group Photos of Los Angeles.
2007 - Another facade view. Photo: Bill Counter
2014 - Thanks to Gerry Feltmann for sharing this lovely shot he took in April.
2016 - Looking north toward Hollywood Blvd. The image is from Google Maps. Head there for the current interactive version.
2016 - Another view from Google.
2018 - That's a bit of the Library at the right. Photo: Bill Counter
2018 - The building from the south showing the bump up for the stagehouse. Photo: Bill Counter
Around the back:
2022 - The former restaurant building behind the theatre. Photo: Bill Counter
2022 - Another Cosmo Alley view. Photo: Bill Counter
2023 - Vintage architectural details at the "Brickhouse." Thanks to Mace Wyndu for the photo.
The Ivar in the Movies: The
story is that Elvis Presley shot one or more musical numbers on the
Ivar stage in January 1957 as part of the filming for
"Loving You" (Paramount, July 1957). It he did, none of the footage made
it into the completed film. There are bits and pieces of
three different theatre spaces that we see and none look anything like
the Ivar. See the Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies post for shots of what we see.
Jodie Foster and her teenage friends live in the Valley, yet somehow
they end up walking by the Ivar on their way to
school in Adrian Lyne's "Foxes" (United Artists, 1980). The film about
drugs, sex and growing up in L.A. also features Cherie Currie, Marilyn
Kagan, Kandice Stroh, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid and Lois
Smith. See the Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies post for a view down Hollywood Blvd. toward the Music Box/Pix from later in the film.
At
the beginning of "Cheech and Chong's Next Movie"
(Universal, 1980) the boys are carrying a garbage can of gasoline
they've siphoned from
a tow truck. As they reach their car on Ivar St. we get this shot of
the south side of the theatre. The film was directed by Tommy Chong.
Thanks to Sean Ault for spotting the theatre. See the Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies post for shots of the Egyptian, El Capitan and Pussycat theatres.
Jeff
Bridges, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi are at the Ivar for a friend's
dance performance in Joel and Ethan Coen's "The Big
Lebowski" (Polygram, 1998). The film also features John Turturro, David
Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Tara Reid. The cinematography
was by Roger Deakins. See the Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies
post for another Ivar shot as well as several views of Julianne Moore's
apartment in the 5th floor loft of the Palace Theatre office building.
Note the stairs offstage left. Mace Wyndu notes: "Upstairs it's a small kitchen, several dressing rooms, an equipment cage and an office on the 3rd floor."
Several
interior photos of the Ivar (although not identified as such on
the soundtrack) appear in the 2018 documentary "Garry Winogrand: All
Things are Photographable" directed by Sasha Waters Freyer. This
particular image has been cropped a bit. Winogrand was a patron when the
theatre was running burlesque shows and there was a weekly "Camera
Night."
More Information: Thanks to Mace Wyndu for sharing this 1951 to 1961 list of productions he came across when he was working in the theatre:
Thanks, Mace!
See the Cinema Treasures page for some nice stories.
Check out the drkrm page from their 2012 group show "Camera Night at the Ivar." Joseph Janesic also suggests a Camera Night at the Ivar Pinterest
page with many interior photos from the burlesque days. Also see an
Ivar photo from that era by Bill Dane on the Tumblr blog "Soul Eyes"
Nearby: The Montalban Theatre, 1615 Vine St.
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The Tom Waits line is accurate. I remember camera night well. I think I threw out my slides when I got married
ReplyDeleteLet us know if you were wrong and those slides are found in some deep dark corner!
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