Questions about the HBO special in 1981

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Originally Posted by David

No it wasn't the Wiltern. It was the Fox Wilshire Theatre on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.

Lobby


Stage


It was an old Art Deco movie palace. It was renovated in 1981 & Stevie Nicks was the first act to play the renovated theater. Both the theater & Stevie are class acts!

I saw Bruce Hornsby there just a year or two ago (Sonia Dada was the opening act; Bonnie Raitt came out to sing two songs with Bruce in mid-set, then came back again during the encore).

And, back in 1974, I saw the Tommy movie there (an 8am showing sponsored by KLOS-FM) a week before it officially opened.