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Article: Disney gives thought to new renovations at El Capitan. (Walt Disney Co.; theater)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- October 17, 1994
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Move comes as Century City gets 'Beauty and the Beast'
Walt Disney Co. is considering plans to further renovate the El Capitan theater, to allow for more stage shows at the historic Hollywood structure, the Business Journal has learned.
The news comes as Hollywood business people are still reeling from the announcement that Disney decided the Shubert Theatre in Century City -- not the Pantages in Hollywood -- will be the home of the L.A. production of the "Beauty and the Beast" stage musical, scheduled to open in April.
Disney has a special arrangement with Pacific Theatres to show its movies at the El Capitan, which Disney paid to renovate in 1990. ...