For the first time, I am a Pantages season ticket holder. I bought the season earlier this year when it was announced Hamilton would be coming in 2017.
As a "thank you" to the new ticket holders, the Pantages invited us to a free open house event, with food and drink and access to the interior of the theatre.
Here are a few photos from that night. (I did go have two fingers of Glenfidditch in the Frolic Room beforehand (RIP Jack Vincennes), saw a bit of the Dodgers NLCS game in there, got high-fived by strangers, etc, but didn't get any photos of the famous Frolic neon. I guess this means I need to go and try again. And again.)
Ceiling of the outside foyer/lobby/whatever it is named.
It had been covered up for Cleopatra in 62, and stayed that way until the 1999 renovations.
Pantages 1 by
Kimberly, on Flickr
Source: My personal photos
Spectacular center chandelier inside the theatre. The sheer size of this thing can't be understood from a photograph. You must see it in person. Men must climb into it from the ceiling, and then down into it using a ladder to change its bulbs. It is massive.
Pantages 2 by
Kimberly, on Flickr
Source: My personal photos
Lobby interior
Pantages 3 by
Kimberly, on Flickr
Source: My personal photos
Art deco statues with nods to aviation which was a large industry in SoCal at the time of the theatre's construction. Howard Hughes owned this theatre for a time.
Pantages 4 by
Kimberly, on Flickr
Source: My personal photos
View from the stage
Pantages 5 by
Kimberly, on Flickr
Source: My personal photos
View from my seat
Pantages 6 by
Kimberly, on Flickr
Source: My personal photos
View of ceiling elements from the balcony
Pantages 7 by
Kimberly, on Flickr
Source: My personal photos
Lobby interior
Pantages 8 by
Kimberly, on Flickr
Source: My personal photos