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It might be more famous for Hollywood and the movie industry, but live entertainment also thrives out in Los Angeles. 1100+ theatrical productions play in the city each year, including many touring shows from Broadway.

The Pantages Theatre is the site for many visiting Broadway shows. The theater, located at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, opened in 1930 as a venue for both first-run movies and vaudeville theater. The Academy Awards were held in the Pantages Theatre between 1950 and 1959. The art-deco style theater was renovated at the turn of the century and reopened at the end of 2000.

About a mile down Hollywood Boulevard from the Pantages Theatre is another of Los Angeles’s great venues: the Dolby Theatre. If you were an American Idol fan back in the series’ heyday, you might remember the venue better as the Kodak Theatre. The theater, which has also hosted the Academy Awards since it opened in 2001, uses cutting-edge technology which the venue says “delivers the most natural, life-like sensory experience”. Dolby Theatre’s seating capacity is 3332, and its stage is one of the largest in the world. Much of the theater hosted at the Dolby is family-friendly, including Paw Patrol Live, Shopkins Live, and So You Think You Can Dance. On the flip side, the venue has previously hosted comedians like Ricky Gervais, Chris Rock and Trevor Noah.