tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post6796098988345299168..comments2024-03-27T09:36:58.464-07:00Comments on Los Angeles Theatres: Hollywood Playhouse / Hollywood Center TheatreBill Counterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15645345101104270656noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post-79097104013410165892022-07-13T14:01:49.672-07:002022-07-13T14:01:49.672-07:00The Hollywood Center Theatre moved between film an...The Hollywood Center Theatre moved between film and legit theatre, depending on who rented its facilities. For a brief period, the spot was known as the Writers' Club Theatre - perhaps due to the original Writer's Club being located nearby, on the corner of Sunset and Las Palmas.<br /><br />The next chapter for the Hollywood Center Theatre started in 1969, when the venue became Theatre VII ('Where friendliness is Contagious') and acts such as Charles Pierce (The Master of Camp) hit the boards. A year later, and now advertising itself as 'The only gay theatre like it anywhere!' -- the Mark VII offered Live Male Stage Shows. The name didn't hold; the new moniker was gone a few years later, but male oriented material continued from the likes of Casey Donovan The Back Row (Doug Richards), Gary Yuma Fun Farm and Calvin Culver Tubstrip.<br /><br />In the mid-70's, all sorts of esoteric theater groups staged shows; The Media Center for Community Action staged 'Soul Alley', featuring Felton Perry. Perry was best known years later as Johnson, in Paul Verhoeven's 1987 hit Robocop -- "He's legally dead. We can do pretty much what we want to him."<br /><br />Adding to yet another chapter in the building's history, the venue was home to the Sherwood Oaks Experimental College (once located at Crossroads of the World on Sunset) in the early-80's; offering workshops and record engineering classes. Various name changes occurred throughout the next decade; the Actors Center, the Comedy Playhouse and back to the Hollywood Playhouse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post-81046000436123350032022-07-13T12:08:59.979-07:002022-07-13T12:08:59.979-07:00I saw both of those productions! I saw both of those productions! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post-2573382769617980162022-07-13T11:07:27.689-07:002022-07-13T11:07:27.689-07:00This building burnt down today, July 13 2022. As ...This building burnt down today, July 13 2022. As it's still actively on fire as I type this, the cause of the fire is not known. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/crews-battle-blaze-at-vacant-theater-in-hollywood/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post-65906148686931962392022-07-13T09:51:07.871-07:002022-07-13T09:51:07.871-07:00Looks like it may be gone after a recent fire. htt...Looks like it may be gone after a recent fire. https://www.lafd.org/alert/structure-fire-07132022-inc0476Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post-79759282128139557102022-07-13T09:32:01.190-07:002022-07-13T09:32:01.190-07:00Right now I'm watching it burn to the ground o...Right now I'm watching it burn to the ground on KTLA 5. Hopefully no one has been hurt as it was abandoned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post-80533221632076793602022-01-14T14:22:49.528-08:002022-01-14T14:22:49.528-08:00Thanks for the data! Thanks for the data! B Counterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335713971590668080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post-12253056115383866312022-01-14T09:19:01.668-08:002022-01-14T09:19:01.668-08:00The Los Angeles Youth Theater's production of ...The Los Angeles Youth Theater's production of the Fantasticks moved to the Hollywood Center Theater in 1965. It was previously at the Le Grande Theater on Cahuenga blvd, which was the Hollywood Canteen during WWII. I was a member of that group from 1964 thru 1967. The world premier of the children's musical, "Wind in the Willows," with music by Academy Award winning composer, David Raksin, opened there in the Spring of 1966. Gerald Gordon was the Producer and Director for all productions presented by the Youth Theater.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02111644178392117707noreply@blogger.com