Kodak Theater, Hollywood, CA
You can tour the Academy Awards ceremony's theater!
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In the slide show above, you're viewing pictures of the famous Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California, and photos of the golden Oscar statuettes given to all winners of the annual Academy Awards ceremony. On this page, you'll learn more about Hollywood's Kodak Theater, and how your may take a tour (or attend a musical performance here) on your upcoming visit to Southern California.
Kodak Theater, home of the Academy Awards
The 80th annual Academy Awards Ceremony for 2009 is coming! When will it be held? That date will be Sunday, February 22, 2009!
And just WHERE will the Academy Awards Ceremony take place? In Hollywood, California's Kodak Theater--a place where you and your family can take a tour on your vacation getaway to Los Angeles!
For most of its history, the Academy Awards didn't have a home of its own. The very first Academy Awards ceremony---way back in 1929!---took place at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. As the years passed, the Academy Awards Ceremony took place in various places throughout Hollywood and greater Los Angeles---the Ambassador and Biltmore Hotels, Grauman's Chinese Theater, the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium, the Pantages Theater, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. These are all nice venues, to be sure...but the world-famed Academy Awards Ceremony needed a HOME...a permanent place for "Oscar" to call his own. And so, a home was built!
"Oscar's" new home is the sparkling Kodak Theater in the Hollywood and Highland Center on Hollywood Boulevard. With the theater's opening in 2001, not only did the Academy Awards Ceremony gain a permanent home, but Hollywood Boulevard itself became transformed and revitalized.
YOU can get in on some Oscar fun when you visit Hollywood, California---by taking a tour of the lovely Kodak Theater! A guide will take you inside the famous auditorium and explain all the little known details about the facilities that you may never hear about otherwise. Or, you may decide to view a musical or theatrical performance at the Kodak Theater, instead. (The Kodak Theater is also a fully-functioning artistic venue, in addition to being the Academy Awards ceremony's home.) A visit to the Kodak Theater will enhance your California visit, and you'll discover how to tour it (or take in a performance) in the paragraphs below.
Kodak Theater, Home of the Academy Awards Ceremony
In the picture of the Kodak Theater above on this page, you saw its sweeping red tiled staircase leading up to the theater's entry doors. In effect, this colorful and majestic staircase looks like it's covered by a permanent "red carpet!"
In the picture of the Kodak Theater to your left, you're viewing the theater's beautiful and awe-inspiring atrium, one of the many "showpiece" features of this outstanding edifice.
The Kodak Theater auditorium itself was designed to be elegant, and to resemble the grand opera houses of Europe. Yet simultaneously, the Kodak Theater auditorium is the utmost example of a venue boasting state-of-the-art features for broadcasting. (Not only does this new Hollywood landmark televise the Academy Awards Ceremonies, but ALSO many other widely diverse events, from the American Idol finals...to the Latin Grammy Awards...to the American Film Institute lifetime achievement awards...to the BET Entertainment Awards...and more!
And yet, the general public gets to use the Kodak Theater, as well---both on guided public "behind-the-scenes" tours AND as a venue for terrific live performances! At the Kodak Theater, you'll get to see a rotating schedule of singers, orchestras, bands, ballets...or even touring Broadway productions. So, except for about one month of the year when the Academy is preparing for the actual awards ceremony itself, the doors of the Kodak Theater are thrown open for all to enjoy!
Kodak Theater Schedule
Kodak Theater Schedule: If you would like to enjoy a production at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, then you'll be able to savor its luxury and majesty for much longer than you would on a simple tour. The performance schedule at the Kodak Theater is so interesting and varied, that you'll be sure to find a performance that you'd like to attend in the upcoming month or two---and probably several! If you'd like, you may use the following link to jump directly to the
"upcoming events" page of the Kodak Theater's website.
Kodak Theater Seating Chart
Kodak Theater Seating Map:If you would like to take your family to see a production at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, perhaps you would like to study a
Kodak Theater Tickets
Kodak Theater Tickets: Once you decide to buy your tickets for the Kodak Theater's upcoming performances, you may use the following link to directly reach the
Kodak Theater page of the Ticketmaster website. (The Kodak Theater uses Ticketmaster.com as its on-line sales outlet.)
Other ways to buy Kodak Theater tickets include:
In person at the Kodak Theater: Box office hours for the Kodak Theater are Monday to Saturday, from 10am-6pm; Sunday, 10am-2:30pm. Closed holidays.
In person at Ticketmaster outlet locations
By Ticketmaster's phone line, which is 213/480-3232. (The Kodak Theater itself does not take telephone ticket orders.)
Kodak Theater Hollywood -- Take a tour!
Families are welcome to enjoy the Kodak Theater's behind-the-scenes tour. (Note: If you plan to visit during February (the month of the Oscar awards ceremony,) you should note that the Kodak Theater tours are usually suspended for a month before & a week after the Academy Awards Ceremony takes place. For example, back in 2007, the Kodak Theater tours were suspended from February 1, 2007 through March 4, 2007 for the set-up and take-down of Oscar Ceremonies equipment.) Other than that, the Kodak Theater tours are only suspended for a few days out of each month (when the theater's performance schedule makes the tours temporarily impossible.) You can call in advance to find out the Kodak Theater's closure dates. (The number is 323-308-6363.) You may also discover in advance the dates the Kodak Theater tours will be suspended on the Theater Tour Details page of the Kodak Theater's website.
The USUAL tour schedule is every 30 minutes from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm most of the year (and from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm during the busy "summer vacation" rush from June 1st through August 31st.)
Kodak Theater tour ticket prices are---
Adults, $15
Seniors ages 65+, $10
Youth, ages 17 and under, $10
Children under the age of 3 FREE
CityPass Discount Plan: If you'll be seeing several different famous Hollywood, California sights, you may want to get a CityPass "Walk of Fame" coupon book, which lets you enjoy 4 different attractions for one lower, discounted price! For further information about the Hollywood CityPass discount program, please visit the Multi-attraction Discounts page of this website.
Kodak Theater Tour Coupon: If you don't have time to visit 4 attractions, you may be more interested in the Kodak Theater discount coupons that you can find on their official website! These discount coupons are good for $3 off each ADULT ticket purchased, and you can print these Kodak Theater discount coupons at home on your own computer's printer. To get your $3-off coupons on the kodaktheater.com website, click... here for the Kodak Theater website's coupon page!
Los Angeles/Hollywood Go Card: This is a unique discount program aimed at Southern California tourists who wish to see a number of different attractions during their visit. Rather than purchasing a discount coupon book to the attractions of the company's choice (like with the CityPass program,) you get to choose from a whole list of several dozen Go Card "member" attractions...including the Kodak Theater, several Hollywood museums and tours, plus theme parks (Universal Studios & Legoland are members,) zoos, etc. The program sells you a pass for 1, 2, 3, 5 or 7 days. You can squeeze as many or as few of the member attractions into your visit as you wish during the length of time that you purchased! To find out more about the Los Angeles Go Card program (including the complete member attraction list) please visit the Go Los Angeles Card
official website.
Kodak Theater Hollywood -- Execellent Parking Facilities
As you can see from the photo of the Kodak Theater's exterior to your left, this is a magnificent building both outside as well as inside. The Kodak Theater makes a great "centerpiece" to Hollywood Blvd's Walk of Fame and other popular tourist attractions.As well as providing a shot of glamour to the Hollywood Blvd tourist district, the Kodak Theater's parking lot provides sorely needed parking spaces for tourists wishing to see the Walk of Fame and other famous landmarks along Hollywood Boulevard.
The entrances to the Kodak Theater's parking garage are on Orange Avenue and on Highland Avenue. You'll descend into the parking garage, which has a number of levels built below the Kodak Theater/Hollywood and Highland mall. Oversized vehicles should not head into the depths of the structure, but should follow the signs towards the valet parking area. You will not have to pay valet parking prices, but there is a special area near the valet parking section for tall vehicles to use.
Parking rates at the Kodak Theater: The parking rates in the Kodak Theater's parking structure vary depending on whether or not you get your parking ticket validated, whether or not you use the valet, and how long you stay. Nevertheless, the MAXIMUM daily fee is only $10 for general parking, which is quite a reasonable parking fee.
Kodak Theater Address, Phone, Directions
The Kodak Theater's address is 6801 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028.
The Kodak Theater phone number is (323) 308-6363
Kodak Theater Subway stop:
Take the Red Line subway; the Kodak Theater/Hollywood & Highland Center complex has its own exit.
Kodak Theater directions:
From the 101 Freeway, exit at Highland Avenue and head south to the intersection of Highland Ave and Hollywood Blvd. If you wish to park, you will find a parking garage entrance on Highland Avenue. Another parking structure entrance is located on Orange Drive.
Map to the Kodak Theater: You may use the following link to view a Google map to the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California.
Kodak Theater website: For information about upcoming programs at the Kodak Theater, you may use the following link to view the Kodak Theater official website.
Academy Awards website: For further information about the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences or its popular annual Oscar awards ceremony, you may use the upcoming link to view the Academy Awards website, www.oscars.org
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