Though Nederlander does not own the Wilshire Theatre anymore…the three year contract will keep the Broadway shows coming into the Wilshire. A two week run of the show, Legends, just ran there in January. A future show is in the works.
Temple of the Arts is working on raising $20million to restore the theatre which was neglected by Nederlander. After the Theaters rigging upgrade, and very upsetting interior paint job in 1981, very little care and money was put into the building to keep it in good shape. But with new owners, comes new life, and the theatre is slowly being brought back to a smoother working order to attract interested clients.
On Dec. 4th, the Wilshire brought back the movies by hosting the premier of Dreamgirls(the Wilshire’s first premier in 30 years). With that, the theatre now has a cinemascope screen again. Oasis Christian Center holds their services in there every Sunday and they are supplying a small lighting rig and a full scale rock and roll audio system. Commercials, theatre, tv shows and musical acts have all come in, and more frequently. With this gain in interest…we will all hopefully see the restore sooner than later. The owners say that the first step in restoring will be a facelift to the exterior.
If anyone happens to know what happened to the chandeliers…please let me know.
Though Nederlander does not own the Wilshire Theatre anymore…the three year contract will keep the Broadway shows coming into the Wilshire. A two week run of the show, Legends, just ran there in January. A future show is in the works.
Temple of the Arts is working on raising $20million to restore the theatre which was neglected by Nederlander. After the Theaters rigging upgrade, and very upsetting interior paint job in 1981, very little care and money was put into the building to keep it in good shape. But with new owners, comes new life, and the theatre is slowly being brought back to a smoother working order to attract interested clients.
On Dec. 4th, the Wilshire brought back the movies by hosting the premier of Dreamgirls(the Wilshire’s first premier in 30 years). With that, the theatre now has a cinemascope screen again. Oasis Christian Center holds their services in there every Sunday and they are supplying a small lighting rig and a full scale rock and roll audio system. Commercials, theatre, tv shows and musical acts have all come in, and more frequently. With this gain in interest…we will all hopefully see the restore sooner than later. The owners say that the first step in restoring will be a facelift to the exterior.
If anyone happens to know what happened to the chandeliers…please let me know.