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San Gabriel Mission Playhouse
Theater and movie theater in San Gabriel, California, United States
The San Gabriel Mission Playhouse is a historic performing arts venue located in the Mission District of the city of San Gabriel, California, United States.
History
The Playhouse was constructed between 1923 and 1927 for John Steven McGroarty’s hugely successful Mission Play.[1][2][3][4] Architect Arthur Burnett Benton designed the Playhouse in the Mission Revival style.[5] The façade was designed to resemble McGroarty’s favorite mission, San Antonio de Padua in Monterey County.
San gabriel mission playhouse
The 1,387-seat theater has Native American influences in its painted and carved ceiling. Replicas of Spanish lanterns used aboard galleons in the 1800s hang from the ceiling. Woven tapestries that were a gift from King Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1927 adorn the sides of the theater.
The theater is home to a fully restored 1924 Wurlitzer pipe organ ori