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Eastwood Performing Arts Center / Eastwood Revival

1089 N. Oxford Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90029 | map |

In this view we're looking north on Oxford toward Santa Monica Blvd. Oxford is a block east of Western Ave. The mainstage of the Eastwood is on on the second floor of the end of the building closest to us. Photo: Bill Counter - 2025  

Website: eastwoodpac.com | tickets | on Instagram | Eastwood Revival on Facebook | 

Phone: 323-207-6108 | 818-942-4868  email: calvin@eastwoodrevival.com 

Seating: The mainstage on the second floor of the building seats 99. The Oxford Underground has a capacity of 40.  

The main theatre has a 42' x 29' stage area, 4K projection, 5.1 sound and a 22' wide screen. The Underground has a 30' wide x 11' deep stage area and a 16' wide screen. 

It's been a theatre space since the mid-1960s. This was the first home of The Groundlings, the famous improvisational theatre troupe. The Eastwood website notes that Robert Altman used the theatre for workshops.  

It's been called the Oxford Playhouse, the Los Angeles Actors’ Theatre and the Ensemble Studio Theatre. The space went dark after the last Ensemble production in 1988. In 1991 it became The Met, the revival of a group that included Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Holly Hunter, Alfre Woodard and playwright Beth Henley. Before the move they had been active from 1973 to 1985 in a space on Poinsettia Place. The complex got a major renovation in the early 2020s. The Eastwood name? Not named after Clint. It's short for "East Hollywood." 

The mainstage film program in 2024 was an 8mm and indie venue called SoHo Cinema Club. That operation moved to 3480 1st St. The website: sohocinemaclub.com. Since 2025 it's been branded as Eastwood Revival.
 

An entrance view that appears on the Eastwood Facebook page as well as on a Hollywood Fringe Festival page about the venue. Tony Joe Stemme included it in a 2024 post about the SoHo Cinema Club on the Cinema Treasures Facebook group.  
 

Up the stairs to the 99 seat mainstage. The boxoffice is straight ahead. That open door on the right leads to the auditorium. Photo: Bill Counter - 2025 
 

The north end of the lobby. And the ladies room entrance. Photo: Bill Counter - 2025 
 

 

The east side of the lobby, parallel to Oxford St. Photo: Bill Counter - 2025 
 

The view from offstage left in the main theatre. That vom to the right leads to the lobby. Photo: Bill Counter - 2025 
 

Looking to house right. Photo: Bill Counter - 2025 
 

A view to the screen. Scope format is 22' wide. One customer has found his seat for an August 2025 screening of Elaine May's 1972 film "The Heartbreak Kid." Photo: Bill Counter 
 
 
More exterior views:  
 

Looking east on Santa Monica Blvd. from Western Ave. Photo: Bill Counter - 2025 
 
 
 
A view from across Santa Monica Blvd. with Oxford St. on the far left. The Tiki Adult Theatre at 5462 Santa Monica Blvd. gets some coverage on our Storefront Porno page. Photo: Bill Counter - 2025
 

The back of the building. We're looking east. Photo: Bill Counter - 2025 

More information: The screenings at Eastwood Revival are listed on the weekly newsletter of Karie Bible's Film Radar.  They're also on the weekly newsletters from Revival Hub. 

The venue gets a page on the Hollywood Fringe Festival site and on Yelp.

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