Ahmanson Theatre

The Ahmanson Theatre is one of the four main venues that comprise the Los Angeles Music Center. The Los Angeles Music Center (its actual name is the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County) is a complex of four entertainment venues located on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. ...

Construction began on March 9, 1962. The theatre opened on April 12, 1967 with a production of More Stately Mansions starring Ingrid Bergman, Arthur Hill, and Colleen Dewhurst. Since then, it has presented a wide variety of dramas, musicals, comedies, and revivals of the classics, including six world premieres of Neil Simon plays and works by Wendy Wasserstein, August Wilson, A.R. Gurney, Terrence McNally, John Guare and Edward Albee. The Ahmanson also has served in the capacity of co-producer for a number of Broadway productions, including Amadeus, Smokey Joe's Cafe, The Most Happy Fella, and The Drowsy Chaperone. March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...   (pronounced in Swedish, but usually in English, IPA notation) (August 29, 1915 – August 29, 1982) was a three-time Academy Award-winning Swedish actress. ... Arthur Hill (born August 1, 1922 in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada) is an actor in British and American theater, movies and TV. He attended the University of British Columbia and continued his acting studies in Seattle, Washington. ... Colleen Dewhurst (born June 3, 1924; died August 22, 1991) was a Canadian-born actress best known for playing Marilla Cuthbert in the various Anne of Green Gables productions from Sullivan Entertainment. ... This article refers to the art form. ... The Fantasticks was the longest-running musical in history. ... Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. ... A revival is a restaging of a former hit play at a later date. ... Neil Simon (1966) Neil Simon (born Marvin Simon July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City), is an American playwright and screenwriter. ... Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an award-winning American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. ... August Wilson August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. ... A.R. Gurney (1930- ) is an American playwright and novelist. ... Terrence McNally is an American playwright. ... John Guare (pronounced gwâr, born 5 February 1938) is an American playwright. ... Edward Albee, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1961 Edward Franklin Albee III (born March 12, 1928) is an American playwright known for works including Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Zoo Story, and The Sandbox. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Playbill, 1981 For other uses, see Amadeus (disambiguation). ... Smokey Joes Cafe is a musical theatrical revue showcasing 39 pop standards, including rock and roll, rhythm and blues songs written by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. ... The Most Happy Fella is a theater musical with music, lyrics and book by Frank Loesser. ... The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morisson and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. ...

The Ahmanson has the largest theatrical subscription base on the West Coast. Its year-round season begins in early fall and lasts through late summer. In December 2006, it presented the musical stage adaptation of the Tim Burton film Edward Scissorhands, directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, following its premiere engagement in San Francisco. Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Timothy William Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated American film director, writer and designer known for his off-beat and quirky style. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Matthew Bourne is a choreographer. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

Prior to its renovation in 1994, the seating capacity was 2,701. It now can be reconfigured from 1,400 to 2,000.