Earl Carroll Theatre (Los Angeles)

This article is about the former Chevy Chase Theater in Los Angeles. For the former Chevy Chase Theatre in Washington, see Avalon Theatre (Washington, D.C.). For the New York City theater, see Earl Carroll Theatre.
Earl Carroll Theatre
The theatre in May 2011 as Nickelodeon on Sunset
Earl Carroll Theatre is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Earl Carroll Theatre
Earl Carroll Theatre
Location within the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Former names
List
    • Moulin Rouge (1953–1964)
    • Hullabaloo (1965–1967)
    • Kaleidoscope (1968)
    • Aquarius Theatre (1968–mid 1970s)
    • Longhorn Theatre (1977)
    • Star Search Theatre (1983–1990)
    • The Chevy Chase Theater (1993)
    • Nickelodeon on Sunset (1997–2017)
Address6230 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°05′52″N 118°19′31″W / 34.097851°N 118.325321°W / 34.097851; -118.325321
TypeIndoor theater, restaurant, sound stage
Construction
Built1938
Closed2017 (renovations)
ArchitectGordon Kaufmann
Official nameEarl Carroll Theater
DesignatedDecember 7, 2016
Reference no.1136

The Earl Carroll Theatre was a historic stage facility located at 6230 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. It was built by showman Earl Carroll and designed in the Streamline Moderne style by architect Gordon Kaufmann in 1938. The theatre has been known by a number of names since, including Moulin Rouge from 1953 to 1964 and the Aquarius Theater in the 1960s and 1970s. From 1997 to 2017, it was officially known as Nickelodeon on Sunset (or Nick on Sunset), housing the West Coast production of live-action original series produced for the Nickelodeon cable channel.

The theater closed in 2017.[1] In 2019, the building was leased for 10 years by a pair of theater operators who said they would restore and reopen the theater as part of a new entertainment complex.[2]

  1. ^ "Earl Carroll Theatre". Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Reiner-Roth, Shane (September 27, 2019). "L.A.'s historic Earl Carroll Theatre will reopen as an entertainment complex". The Architect's Newspaper. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2019.