Must-see entertainment in Hollywood

  • Hollywood Bowl.

    Hollywood Bowl

    Hollywood

    Summers in LA just wouldn’t be the same without alfresco melodies under the stars at the Bowl, a huge natural amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills. Its…

  • Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

    Hollywood

    Founded in New York by Saturday Night Live alums Amy Poehler and Ian Roberts along with Matt Besser and Matt Walsh, this sketch-comedy group cloned itself…

  • ArcLight Cinemas

    Hollywood

    Assigned seats, exceptional celeb-sighting potential and a varied program that covers mainstream and art-house movies make this 14-screen multiplex the…

  • Pantages Theatre

    Hollywood

    The splendidly restored Pantages Theater is an art deco survivor from the Golden Age and a fabulous place to catch a hot-ticket Broadway musical. Recent…

  • Catalina Bar in Hollywood

    Catalina Bar & Grill

    Hollywood

    It might be tucked in a ho-hum office building (enter through the garage), but once you're inside this sultry, premier jazz club all is forgiven. Expect a…

  • Fonda Theatre

    Hollywood

    Dating back to the Roaring Twenties, the since-restored Henry Fonda Theatre remains one of Hollywood’s best venues for live tunes. It’s an intimate, …

  • Hotel Cafe

    Hollywood

    An anomaly on glittery Cahuenga Corridor, this intimate venue is the place for handmade music by message-minded singer-songwriters. It’s mainly a stepping…

  • El Floridita

    Hollywood

    The place for grown-up salseros. Order a mojito and watch the beautiful dancers do their thing (or join in if you feel you’ve got the moves). Live shows…

  • Bardot

    Hollywood

    On Monday nights, KCRW’s Chris Douridas brings School Night (www.itsaschoolnight.com), a free live-music club featuring buzz-worthy talent to the…

  • El Capitan Theatre

    Hollywood

    Disney rolls out family-friendly blockbusters at this movie palace, sometimes with costumed characters putting on the Ritz in live preshow routines. The…

  • Ford Theatres

    Hollywood

    Every seat is within 100ft of the stage at this up-close-and-personal outdoor amphitheater. Recently renovated and with the Hollywood Hills as a backdrop,…

  • Cinespia

    Hollywood

    Runs the hugely popular summer season of outdoor movies at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, as well as organizing occasional film screenings at Downtown's…

  • Sacred Fools Theater Company

    Hollywood

    Established in 1997, this acclaimed, non-profit theater company is known for staging innovative, eclectic works, including world and West Coast premieres…

  • Audiences Unlimited

    Hollywood

    Booking service for a variety of free TV-show tapings, including Big Bang Theory and 2 Broke Girls. Tickets for most shows are released 30 days prior to…

  • Celebration Theatre

    Hollywood

    This small stage puts on (often) award-winning productions of plays and musicals telling of the LGBT experience.

  • Hudson Theatres

    Hollywood

    Housing three separate performance spaces, the Hudson serves up independent productions of plays and musicals. Recent productions include a musical parody…