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“The Theatre of Images”-a term coined in the early 1970s by Michel Guy, director of the Avignon Festival in France, and popularized by Bonnie Marranca in Performing Arts Journal-was, along with performance art, the major development in the live arts of the ’70s. This article is adapted from Survivors of a Future That Never Happened: A Cultural Review, 1974-1994 (Montreal Publishing), available on and.

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“Great American Movie Theaters” (1987), by David Naylor, published by Preservation Press.“American Theatres of Today” (originally published as two volumes in 19 reissued as a single volume in 2009 by the Theatre Historical Society of America), by R.W.You can also take a Google StreetView Tour of the Saban.The Cinema Treasures website contains additional information on the theatre’s history as well as some additional photos.The Los Angeles Theatres website contains detailed history, plans and many more photos (both historic and modern-day) of the theatre.

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The American Movie Awards (1980 TV Special)Īs of mid-2017 the Saban does not offer tours however they host many events which are available to book online at the theatre’s website.

Taraji’s White Hot Holidays 2017 (2017 TV Special).

Taraji’s White Hot Holidays 2016 (2016 TV Special).

The Walking Dead: Cast and Creators Live at Paleyfest (2013 TV Special).

The Chocolate Sundaes Comedy Show (2013 TV Special).

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only (2012 TV Special).

Bill Bellamy: Crazy Sexy Dirty (2012 TV Special).

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Many television recordings have taken place at the Saban including Last Comic Standing, Eddie Murphy: One Night Only, Extraordinary: Stan Lee, and movies such as Night Of The Running Man. In addition to popular music events, the theatre hosts religious groups Churchome and the Agape International Spiritual Center with regular weekly bookings. Temple Of The Arts has owned and operated the theatre since 2005, and in 2009 it was renamed the Saban following a $5 million grant from Haim and Cheryl Saban. Marquee at night, upgraded to a digital displayįox closed the theatre in 1977, then in 1981 it was taken over by the Nederlander Organization and renovated for stage use. The theatre’s wide proscenium (stage opening) allowed for an extra large screen, which, coupled with re-equipping for 70mm movie projection in 1959, made it a natural home for long runs of widescreen films such as Exodus, Goodbye Mr Chips, Fiddler On The Roof, Man Of La Mancha, and The Sound of Music which ran for 93 weeks at the theatre!

The lobby and Front-of-House areas were finished in high contrast decoration in silver and black.įor many years the theatre operated as one of 20th Century Fox’s premiere theatres. At the time of opening the proscenium’s complex open plasterwork doubled as the openings to the theatre’s organ chambers and was finished in silver, with colored electric lamps behind which could create multi-colored light effects spilling into the auditorium.

The theatre’s original color scheme was silver, black, and coral. Despite two renovations and various modernizations, the theatre retains much of its original appearance in terms of design, but not in terms of colors – apart from the magnificent proscenium.

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