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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
By the way, the Pilgrimage Play Theatre, now called the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre since 1976, is
closed this summer.
From an L.A. Times article:
The rumble of construction machinery and the thwack of carpentry will be the summer sounds for
2015 at the 1,196-seat county-owned outdoor John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, which is closing for
at least a year and a half for a [near] $20-million renovation project. While the makeover is underway,
the dancers and musicians who usually hold sway at the theater will fan out to other, as yet undetermined
venues around Los Angeles County.
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Since the Ford Amphitheatre is so close to the Hollywood Bowl and both are outside venues, they really do try to schedule events
so that they don't or won't interfere with each other. That didn't happen when I attended the Bowl on a Friday night sometime
in the 90's. One of the featured performers that night was Rosemary Clooney. Playing at the Ford Amphitheatre was a punk
rock group, I believe. So, throughout the concert one also had the occasional background track of a completely opposite musical
style. It was a hot summer night and, reminiscent of Streisand's famous rendition of "Silent Night" sung in her summer night concert
in Central Park back in the 60's, Rosemary sang "White Christmas" from the popular film she had starred in, but it was a disonant
version you'd never want to hear again. The Bowl management profusely apologized, on stage, and said they were trying to
do something about it. (But what could they do at that point?)
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Early entrances to the Hollywood Bowl (no specific dates , sorry)
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Traffic hasn't changed around there one bit, I guess! It always seems like that! (Even undated, lol!)
Loved these photos,
E_R, particularly the unusual "model" one of the new entrance,
which opened in 1939. They should've put more cars in it, though!
A couple interesting Hollywood Bowl notes I found along the way:
View of the Hollywood Bowl as seen from the top of the seating, looking down towards the stage, 1923.
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In 1923, the Hollywood Bowl’s first 150 boxes were built. Also in 1923, the Hollywood Bowl’s debt
was paid off and the mortgage was burned (!) on the Bowl’s stage. Among the donors who helped retire
the debt were three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, who made a $100 donation.Info from:
L.A. Philharmonic Bowl Moments
Also from L.A. Phil's Bowl Moments: In 1923, with the re-paving of Highland Avenue sure to disrupt the Hollywood Bowl’s season,
Bowl leader Artie Mason Carter [AMC-heh!] took to the streets to protest the city’s work. She and another woman manned “battle
positions” in rocking chairs (with their knitting) in the middle of Highland Avenue and refused to allow crews to break up the street.
Protesting roadwork on Highland Avenue, 1923.
Hollywood Bowl Philpedia
The result? Paving was rescheduled for the 1923 Bowl’s off-season.
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I didn't know this:
Hollywood High School held its first graduation at the Hollywood Bowl in 1920 and has continued to do so each year since then.
Undated:
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