El Portal
Address: 5269 Lankershim Blvd,
North Hollywood 91601
Ticket Services/Box Office: 818 508-4200
Website:Â https://elportaltheatre.com
Email:Â info@elportaltheatre.com
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El Portal Theatre is a historic landmark in the San Fernando Valley originally built as a vaudeville house in 1926 and sits across from the TV Academy.Opening in 1926, first for Vaudeville, then Silent Movies, and then Academy Award winning films, as the primo movie house in the valley — the theatre has weathered the Jazz Age, the Depression, 4 wars, and finally the great earthquake of 1994.After the earthquake the El Portal was meticulously rebuilt and the once 1400-seat movie palace now houses two theatres, the 99-seat Monroe Forum Theatre: and the 360-seat Debbie Reynolds Main Stage.
Since its reopening and redevelopment in the NoHo Arts District in 2000 the historic El Portal Theatre has featured musicals, plays, dance, educational arts programs, and unique acts from around the world. Celebrities including Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Bea Arthur, Jimmy Kimmel, Billy Goldenberg, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Jo Anne Worley, Fritz Coleman, Smokey Robinson, Rene Taylor, Joe Bologna, Rachel Bloom, James Corden, Charles Nelson Reilly, Sam Harris, Neil Patrick Harris, Sally Struthers, Kate McKinnon, Carol Lawrence, Joe Campenello, Fred Savage, Leslie Jones, Todrick Hall, Ruta Lee, Matt Walker, Beth Kennedy, Bobby Creighton, Ron Dante, Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, and many more have starred on the MainStage.Â
The El Portal Theatre is frequently called the Jewel in the North Hollywood Crown — and boasts a three-sided marquee facing the boulevard that has been a location many times for film and television shoots.  Â