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The Orpheum Theatre on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, California, opened on February 15, 1926, as the fourth and final Los Angeles venue for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit. After a $3 million renovation, started in 1989, it is the most restored of the historical movie palaces in the city. The Orpheum has a Beaux Arts facade designed by movie theater architect G. Albert Lansburgh and has a Mighty Wurlitzer organ, installed in 1928, that is one of three pipe organs remaining in Southern California venues.〔 The Orpheum theatres are named for the Greek mythological figure, Orpheus. == Venue performers== Soon after it was opened, it was a popular venue for burlesque queen Sally Rand, the Marx Brothers, Will Rogers, Judy Garland (singing with her family as Frances "Baby" Gumm) and comedian Jack Benny, as well as jazz greats Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington.〔Lawson, Kristan, & Rufus, Anneli. ''California Babylon''. New York: St. Martins Press (2000), p. 125.〕 Vaudeville acts were still playing the Orpheum as late as 1950.〔Alleman, Richard. ''Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide''. Random House, Inc. (2005), p. 189.〕 In the 1960s the theatre held rock and roll concerts featuring Little Richard, Aretha Franklin and Little Stevie Wonder. The restored Orpheum Theatre is now a venue for live concerts, movie premieres and location shoots.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.laorpheum.com/history.html )〕 The love metal band HIM played there for their CD/DVD live album ''Digital Versatile Doom''. The 2010 Streamy Awards were live broadcast from the theatre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orpheum Theatre (Los Angeles)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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