APOLLO
Apollo Theatre(NYC) - 223 West 42nd Street - built 1920 (1194 seats) opened as The Bryant in 1910 for vaudeville and films - rebuilt as the Apollo – Manhattan Mary 1927 (264); Flying High 1930 (347), Jimmie, Poppy, George White's Scandals - closed 1933 to show movies, became a burlesque house from 1934 to 1937 but in 1938 returned to foreign films and in 1968 action films - 1978 renovated and entrance moved to 43rd Street - back to live theatre - On Golden Pond 1979, Bent (240), Fifth of July 1980 (511) - in 1983 returned to showing films - name changed to the Academy - featuring rock concerts - gutted in 1996 along with the Lyric to build Ford Centre for the Performing Arts engulfing the Apollo and Lyric theatres; 3 other theatres were Apollo for short time – Third Avenue Variety Theatre 1885; Playhouse on Chuter Street 1926 and a burlesque house on 125th Street
Seats Approx: 1500
http://www.apolloshowtime.com/boxoffice3_1.shtm
http://www.ticketmaster.com/seatingchart/6/3421
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WILTERN
http://www.ticketmaster.com/seatingchart/73790/3185
Wiltern Theatre
3790 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 380-5005
Indoor Seating Capacity: 2,200