Applaud speaks for itself, showcasing two of Los Angeles County’s most celebrated and nationally acclaimed entertainment venues in Southern California: the Hollywood Bowl and the John Anson Ford Theatres. Featuring our own Kathline “Kathy” King, Chief of Planning, among others, Applaud highlights the diverse audience that enjoy concerts, plays and musicals at these amazing locations year after year! Parks Make Life Better! Campaign LAUNCHED IN JULY 2016 July is applaud showcasing the Hollywood Bowl and the John Anson Ford Ampitheatres County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation KATHLINE KING
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Applaud speaks for itself, showcasing two of Los Angeles County’s most celebrated and nationally acclaimed entertainment venues in Southern California: the Hollywood Bowl and the John Anson Ford Theatres. Featuring our own Kathline “Kathy” King, Chief of Planning, among others, Applaud highlights the diverse audience that enjoy concerts, plays and musicals at these amazing locations year after year!
Parks Make Life Better!
Campaign
LAUNCHED IN
JULY 2016
July is applaud showcasing the Hollywood Bowl and
the John Anson Ford
Ampitheatres
County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation
KATHLINE KING
HOLLYWOOD BOWL
2301 North Highland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90068
www.hollywoodbowl.com
For more than 100 years, music and
performance have had a central destination
in Los Angeles. The Hollywood Bowl is a
venue for showcasing artistic greatness and
celebrating our global cultural heritage. It is
also a proving ground for emerging artists
and a living laboratory for experimentation
The Hollywood Bowl Team
and discovery. To explore the Bowl’s vibrant and dynamic past is to have a window on the voices and ideas
that have influenced our history and continue to shape our world. Known as the world’s largest natural
amphitheater, the Hollywood Bowl features some of the finest classical, pops, jazz, opera and ballet
performances in the world. This summer season includes spectacular fireworks, classical jazz, Latin salsa
and modern new age concerts, among others. As part of the ongoing commitment to ensuring quality
entertainment opportunities for everyone to enjoy, $1.00 seats are available for Tuesday Classical,
Wednesday Jazz, and Thursday Classical performances on the 380 top benches. The Bowl also features a
museum, children’s festivals and picnic areas. The Hollywood Bowl is owned and operated by the Los
Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, and is jointly managed with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic Association.
MEET OUR HOLLYWOOD BOWL TEAM
The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre was
built in 1920 as the Pilgrimage Theatre.
Christine Wetherill Stevenson, author of The
Pilgrimage Play, for which the theatre was
originally named, believed the rugged
JOHN ANSON FORD THEATRES
2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East
Hollywood, CA 90068
www.fordtheatres.org
beauty of the Cahuenga Pass would provide a dramatic outdoor setting. Together with Chauncey D. Clark,
Stevenson purchased the land and a wooden, outdoor amphitheatre was built on the site. The original
structure was destroyed in 1929, but another theatre built on the same site opened in 1931. In 1941 the land
was deeded to the County of Los Angeles, and in 1976, the Pilgrimage Theatre was renamed the John Anson
Ford Theatre in honor of the late LA County Supervisor John Anson Ford, a great supporter of the arts who
helped found the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. Today, the Ford Theatres are dedicated to
presenting a diverse roster of events with music and dance styles reflective of the communities comprising
Los Angeles County as well as interactive participatory arts events. The Ford Theatres is currently undergoing
a multi-million dollar renovation that will rehabilitate and improve the current historic theatre and add new
facilities and amenities within the current boundaries of the property. This work will enhance on-site programs
and spaces, support a broad cross section of artists and arts organizations and ensure the future of the site
as an active and relevant historic community resource. The Ford is owned and operated by the County of Los
Angeles, and run through a three-way partnership between the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the
Department of Parks and Recreation and the Ford Theatre Foundation.
MEET OUR FORD THEATRES TEAM
Counterclockwise, from left: Park Superintendent Michelle Hazlett
(center) with Grounds Maintenance Workers Joe Deadwilder and
Hector Olivas; Max Saucedo and Emiterio Quinones, after
performance custodians; Oscar Ortiz, Maria Villanueva, Delia Garcia,
and Armando Mojarro, during performance custodians
ARE YOU DIALED IN WITH DON?
The Hollywood Bowl and the Ford Theatres are
among Los Angeles County’s treasured cultural
gems, where residents and visitors from all over the
world gather to enjoy great music and arts during
Southern California’s warm summer months. Catch
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association executive
director Gail Samuel and Los Angeles County Arts
Commission executive director Laura Zucker on
Episode 34 of Dialed-In with Don Knabe, where Gail
July 26, Mirga Conducts Beethoven & Ravel
July 28, Copland & Marsalis
July 29-31, A Chorus Line
August 2, Tango Under the Stars with Dudamel
August 3, Gladys Knight & Tower of Power
August 10, 50 Years of Jeff Beck
August 17, The Ultimate Tribute to Ray Charles
August 19, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
August 21, The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
HOLLYWOOD BOWL EVENTS
Parks Make Life Better! and this campaign will help us
show our many facilities and programs that each of you
work so hard to make available for all to enjoy every day!
July 29, Mythili & Aditya Prakash present MARA (A Fantastical
Journey to the Far Edges of the Mind)
July 30, Big World Fun - Kayamanan Ng Lahi
July 30, Fiesta Mexicana XIV Inolvidable
July 31, Element Band Live
August 6, Big World Fun - Cambalache
August 6, 6th Annual Flypoet Under the Stars
August 12-13, Lila Downs with Grandeza Mexicana Folk Ballet Co.
and Laura join host Supervisor Don Knabe to talk about the history of these two venues and the exciting
performances each has in store for the upcoming season. Dialed-In with Don Knabe is available at
Knabe.com or YouTube.com/DKnabe.
UPCOMING EVENTS
FORD THEATRES EVENTS
LEARN THEATRE LINGO Want to learn some theatre lingo?
saying “break a leg!” before a performance means good luck,
a show of support and well-wishing; the Ford Theatre
Foundation’s Adam Davis supports the interpretation that
“breaking a leg” means “bending a knee,” as in during a bow
or curtsy after a good performance
the green room is a room close to the stage for the actors to
meet and relax. According to the 1894 edition of Brewer’s
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, the common waiting room for
performers is so called “because at one time the walls were
colored green to relieve the eyes affected by the glare of the
stage lights.” However, the Oxford English Dictionary cites
the earliest usage of the term as 1701, a period when stages
were lighted by candles and oil lamps (the English did not
develop limelight until the late 1830s), so Brewer’s
supposition seems misplaced. The term was also used to
denote a room where undried pottery was stored before
being fired, so it’s also possible that by extension this
meaning was applied to the backstage room for actors
waiting to go onstage. (Source: The American Association of
Community Theatre)
upstage means the part of the stage furthest from the
audience
downstage means the entire front half of the stage or any
part of the stage considered as a position in relation to
something or someone farther back
stage left means an actor’s left when facing the audience
stage right means an actor’s right when facing the
audience
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