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See pictures, get details about the Kodak Theater Hollywood, plus the Hollywood and Highland Center! Updated January 17, 2008. Related info--- HOME :: Latest News :: Kodak Theater and Hollywood & Highland Center :: Grauman's Chinese Theater :: El Capitan Theater :: Disney Soda Fountain :: El Capitan Theater Past Premieres :: The Hollywood Bowl :: Hollywood Walk of Fame/Hollywood Sign The Doors Star :: Hollywood Blvd Family Activities :: Hollywood Blvd Costumed Characters The Kodak Theater of Hollywoodand the fun Hollywood & Highland Center!
The 80th annual Academy Awards Ceremony for 2008 is coming! When will it be held? That date will be Sunday, February 24, 2008!
And just WHERE did the Academy Awards Ceremony take place? In Hollywood, California's Kodak Theater--a place where YOU can take a tour on your family 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. Not only did the Academy Awards Ceremony get a home with this new building, but Hollywood Boulevard itself became completely 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. (Plus, when you watch the Oscar awards program on ABC TV, you'll be able to say to yourself, "Hey, I know that place very well!") News! Cirque du Soleil signs deal with Kodak Theater! The Kodak Theater will get a PERMANENT new tennant---the popular Cirque du Soleil. Though showtimes won't begin until 2010, residents and visitors of Hollywood, California will have a full 10 years to enjoy a special, only-in-LA brand-new Cirque du Soleil, which will put on 8 performances per week. Every year, these performances will take a month-long hiatus while the Kodak Theater prepares for the Oscar awards ceremonies.
Kodak Theater, Home of the Academy Awards Ceremony
In the first photo of the Kodak Theater (above), you saw the sweeping red tiled staircase leading up to the theater's entry doors. In this picture of the Kodak Theater on your left, you see the theater's beautiful and majestic 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 and bands, ballet...even touring Broadway productions. So, except for about a month 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 ScheduleKodak Theater Seating ChartKodak Theater Tickets(The Kodak Theater uses Ticketmaster.com as its on-line sales outlet.) Other ways to buy Kodak Theater tickets include:
Kodak Theater Hollywood -- Take a tour!
Families are welcomed with open arms on the Kodak Theater behind-the-scenes tour. (Note: If you plan to visit during February 2008, note that the Kodak Theater tours are usually suspended for a month before & a week after the Academy Awards Ceremony takes place. For example, for the 2007 Oscar Ceremonies preparation, the Kodak Theater tours were suspended from February 1, 2007 through March 4, 2007 for the set-up and take-down of equipment.) Other than that, the Kodak Theater tours is only be suspended for a few days out of each month (when the theater's performance schedule makes the tours temporarily impossible.) However...you don't have to go away sad! You can call in advance to find out the Kodak Theater's closure dates. (The number is 323-308-6363.) The Theater Tours will certainly be "closed" for only one or two days of your vacation at most; and, so, you can just schedule your visit to the Kodak Theater accordingly. Kodak Theater tour ticket prices are--- Kodak Theater Tour Discounts: There are several types of Kodak Theater tour discount tickets available. Kodak Theater Hollywood -- Execellent Parking Facilities
As you can see from this photo of the Kodak Theater's exterior, this is a magnificent building both inside and out...and a great "centerpiece" to the Hollywood Blvd. Walk of Fame's other attractions.As well as providing a new shot of glamour to Hollywood Blvd, the Kodak Theater/Hollywood & Highland Center's parking lot provided sorely needed parking space for tourists wishing to see the Walk of Fame and other famous landmarks along Hollywood Blvd. (You don't even want to KNOW how bad the parking situation was before the Kodak Theater's new underground parking structure came along!) Now, seeing the tourist sights and famous landmarks of Hollywood Blvd is so simple---just find this one giant lot, park, and GO! The entrances to the Hollywood and Highland's parking garage are on Orange Ave. and on Highland Ave. (See the map link below.) The parking prices vary depending on whether or not you have validation from one of the stores or restaurants in the Center, whether or not you use the valet, and how long you stay...but the MAXIMUM daily fee is only $10. That won't even cover the first HOUR in a New York City parking lot! Hollywood & Highland Center at the Kodak Theater
The Hollywood and Highland Center adjoins the Kodak Theater to form one large shopping, dining and entertainment complex. The Hollywood and Highland Center has 5 levels of shopping and dining, PLUS there are also stores right inside the Kodak Theater building itself. At the Hollywood and Highland center, you'll find the following stores included among the tenants--- Aldo (telephone 323/465-0100).......American Eagle Outfitters (phone number 323/465-5896).......Ann Taylor Loft (phone 323/463-6644).......Aveda natural products (telephone 323/962-1596).......Baly's women's clothing, (323/962-0554).......BCBG Max Azria (phone number 323/463-1922).......bebe (phone number 323/461-2523).......Build-A-Bear Workshop (phone number 323/461-6105).......Claire's accessories, (phone 323/371-4059).......
Coach (phone 323/960-4888).......Express (tel 323/466-0647).......Fossil, (phone 323/465-6180).......The Gap and Gap Body (phone number 323/462-6124).......Hot Topic (phone number 323/462-2590).......Le Sport Sac (telephone 323/960-4888).......Louis Vuitton (phone number 323/962-6216).......Lucky Brand Jeans (phone number 323/769-8363).......MAC Cosmetics (phone 323/465-5030)........Neighborhoodies phone number 323/960-0330).......Nine West (telephone number 323/466-4607).......O' My Sole, (323/790-7463).......Oakley (phone 962-5531).......Origins, (telephone 323/460-6970).......Planet Funk (phone number 323/461-4300).......Polo Ralph Lauren (telephone number 323/960-4888).......Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory,(phone 323/ 464-2523.......Sanrio (phone 323/462-2901).......Sephora (phone number 323/462-6898).......Skechers (phone 323/382-0108.......Sun's Up sunglasses, (telephone 323/962-5716).......Swarovski (telephone number 323/463-5200).......Swatch (phone number 323/467-4933).......TeNo Jewelers, (telephone 323/464-6566.......Victoria's Secret (phone 323/462-3071).......and Virgin Megastore, (phone number 323/769-8520.)
Hollywood and Highland Center -- Entertainment
At the Hollywood and Highland Center, you'll also find entertainment for both adults AND for the whole family.
Hollywood and Highland Center Dining
Here's a partial list of both the elegant and the casual restaurants in which you can enjoy dining at the Hollywood and Highland Center---Hollywood & Highland Snacking
In addition to fine and casual dining, you can also find various snacks on which the family can munch while visiting the Hollywood & Highland/Kodak Theater Hollywood complex. You'll find the following snack and light-meal stops at the Hollywood and Highland Center (and this is just a partial list!)---Hollywood and Highland Mall & Kodak Theater Address, Phone, Map
The Hollywood & Highland Center and the Kodak Theater Hollywood share the same address, which is--- Useful telephone numbers--- Subway stop--- Kodak Theater directions--- Hollywood & Highland/Kodak Theater map showing the local Hollywood streets & how to get here...click here for a map of the Kodak Theater Hollywood area. Once you reach the Hollywood and Highland Center, you may need still ANOTHER map---a map of the 5 stories of shopping and dining that await you there! So, follow this next link to find a diagram of the Hollywood and Highland Center itself. If you think that the map/diagram of the Hollywood & Highland Center is 'way too small, don't worry! Just click on it, and the map will become larger. If you'd like to discover still more information about the Hollywood & Highland mall, including current events and other stores/restaurants not included on this page, you may use the following link to head to the Hollywood & Highland official website.
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