Avalon Hollywood
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| Avalon | |
|---|---|
 Avalon Hollywood. | |
| Location | 1735 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, California |
| Coordinates | 34.1027°N 118.3270°WCoordinates: 34.1027°N 118.3270°W |
| Type | Concert Hall, Nightclub, Afterhours,Lounge, Restaurant, Bar |
| Genre(s) | Big Band, Rock and Roll, Pop Music,Electronic Dance Music |
| Opened | January 24, 1927 |
| Renovated | 2007-2008 |
| Owner | Hollywood Entertainment Partners |
| Former name(s) | Hollywood Playhouse, The WPA Federal Theater, El Capitan Theatre, The Jerry Lewis Theatre, The Hollywood Palace, The Palace |
| Seating type | Standing room only, dance floor |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Website | www.avalonhollywood.com |
Avalon (or Avalon Hollywood) is a historic night club and music venue in Hollywood,California, located near the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, at 1735 N. Vine Street. It has previously been known as The Hollywood Playhouse, The WPA Federal Theatre,El Capitan Theatre, The Jerry Lewis Theatre, The Hollywood Palace and The Palace. It has a capacity of 2,000.
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[edit]History
[edit]The Hollywood Playhouse
Originally known as The Hollywood Playhouse, 1735 Vine St. opened for the first time on January 24, 1927.[1] It was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style by the architectural firm of Gogarty and Weyl.
[edit]The WPA Federal Theatre
During the Great Depression, the theatre was renamed The WPA Federal Theatre (after the Works Progress Administration), and used for government-sponsored programs.[2]
[edit]The El Capitan Theatre
Later, the theatre hosted numerous CBS Radio Network programs, including Fanny Brice's Baby Snooks show and Lucille Ball's My Favorite Husband program. Lux Radio Theater broadcast condensed movie scripted versions, usually with the movie's original cast performing their movie roles. Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland performed "Lady in the Dark" in 1945.
In the 1940s, 1735 Vine was renamed The El Capitan Theatre, and was used for a long-running live burlesque variety show called Ken Murray's Blackouts.[3] This should not be confused with the nearby movie theatre of the same name and age, the El Capitan Theatre onHollywood Boulevard, which at the time was known as the Paramount Theatre.
In the 1950s, still under the name of El Capitan, the theatre became a television studio, and it was from a set on its stage that Richard Nixon delivered his famous "Checkers speech" on September 23, 1952. This event is often mistakenly said (especially on the Internet) to have taken place at the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, though that theater was never a television studio, and in 1952 was operating as a movie house called the Paramount Theatre.
The theater was also home to The Colgate Comedy Hour, the Lawrence Welk Show, and This is Your Life.[4]
[edit]The Jerry Lewis Theatre
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television renovated the building spending $400,000. Jerry Lewis used the 1735 Vine theater/radio studio for Jerry Lewis' weekly Saturday night television program (September-December 1963)[1], and appropriately renamed the theater The Jerry Lewis Theatre. The stage had an existing rope counterweight fly system. The backstage second floor fly weights are located stage right. Located stage left is the double-load in doors that the stage alley connected and leads to and from Vine Street. All stage scenery was moved in and out of the stage load-in entrance. Opposite this stage load-in door was the "star dressing room" which was completely rebuilt for Jerry Lewis. The first floor dressing room had a small front bar with a mirrored back bar, an upright piano, and a sofa lounge area. A circular spiral metal stairway lead to the second floor, a make-up mirrored counter desk, with a Hollywood bed/couch. The adjacent toilet suite was equipped with a wall mounted telephone for Lewis to conduct business while in the crapper and his make-up area. The front stage apron, in front of the proscenium was extended by filling (pouring concrete) into the original orchestra pit. A stage centered 4' wide concrete camera ramp connected the stage apron with a 6' deep camera aisle against the auditorium back wall. The "level" concrete ramp and stage apron supported the Chapman Crane required for video taping talent and performers. The TV engineer control booth was situated on the left rear auditorium side facing the stage (which would be camera left). Behind the control booth was the video tape control room where Ampex video tape machines were located. A Vine Street access door provided entry and load-in for equipment. In the auditoriums' right side (camera right) the concrete level floor, connecting the apron, was filled in to the back auditorium wall. This became the orchestra/band area. William "Bill" Morris III was the show's Art Director. He positioned a host platform on the left side stage, which had hydraulic lifts, during the course of Lewis conducting interviews with guests, the "home base" desk seating area could be raised 8 feet (up in the air above the stage floor). The balcony audience could view the host and talent and the Chapman Crane Camera could be at eye level with talent. Stage center was reserved as a performance area. New audience seating was located either side of the center camera aisle. The electricians control area was balcony located. ABC completely rewired for all electrical and video and sound equipment and soundproof booths. Offices on the Vine Street front second floor were renovated for the production/Producers office complex. A staircase entrance located on the front left outdoor lobby led to the second floor offices. The box office, on the right of the outdoor lobby, open daily for the ABC Page staff to distribute audience pass-tickets for The Jerry Lewis Show and all of ABC's Talmadge Lot TV shows, ncluding the Lawrence Welk show and game shows,The entire building's exterior and interior were freshly finished and painted, new carpets in the main lobby, center staircase up to the cleaned up balcony floor, refurbished balcony seating.
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