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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:33:00

An oil baron's playhouse became downtown LA's velvet-draped concert hall. The Belasco - the name is often misrendered, including as Balesco - stands at 1050 South Hill Street, commissioned in 1926 by petroleum magnate Edward Doheny alongside the neighbouring Mayan Theatre as a bid to pull Los Angeles's theatre district south. Morgan, Walls and Clements designed it in exuberant Churrigueresque Spanish style, and it opened on 1 November 1926 with Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, named for Broadway impres...