![]() ![]() The exhibition coincided with a rare revival of The Clandestine Marriage in the Folger Theatre (April 15 – May 22, 2005), directed by Richard Clifford. The exhibition concluded with a glimpse of Garrick’s farewell performance, final years, and an assessment of his artistic and personal legacy. Taking a thematic approach, the exhibition opened with an overview of Garrick’s personal life and achievements, then explored Garrick as an acting phenomenon, theater manager and entrepreneur, Shakespearean, dramatist, and international celebrity. Folger Digital Image 3009.ĭavid Garrick, 1717–1779: A Theatrical Life, part of the Exhibitions at the Folger ran from April 22 through August 28, 2005, and included the Folger Shakespeare Library's extraordinary wealth of Garrick-related printed texts, playbills, manuscripts, images, and objects that capture the story of Garrick's remarkable life and enduring accomplishments.Īctor, writer, theater manager, entrepreneur, and international celebrity, David Garrick revolutionized acting and the English stage in the eighteenth century. The theatre was razed in the 80’s and in its place stands a bank.Sir Nathaniel Dance's 1774 portrait of Garrick. The concession stand and lobby were small, and if we started selling tickets early for the next performance we would have patrons stand in line outside that would sometimes snake around the ice cream store and into the mini-mall area next door. It had an outer lobby with lots of poster cases, a small box office set away from the lobby in it’s own space, connected to the lobby only by the door. The theatre was very charming and they ran carbon arc projectors, which meant the projectionist would have to change the carbon every 20 minutes after the reel change. Later it moved to the Tiffany Theatre on Sunset Strip where the cult became even more popular. We ran ROCKY HORROR at midnight on the weekends which did well. But the Sherman did it’s part to service the cult movie lovers in the San Fernando Valley. Landmark Theatres also ran the Nuart Theatre in West L.A., with repertory programs which were always more popular than the Sherman ,due to it’s location near UCLA and fashionable Westwood Village. CLOCKWORK ORANGE always brought in a big crowd, and I remember THE WIZARD OF OZ selling out a Sunday matinee (the capacity was approx. The theatre did best on repertory double bills. premiere run here, but Sherman Oaks was a pretty conservative area to open one of Waters' films, so it did very little business. I recall John Waters' DESPERATE LIVING had it’s L.A. The programming was very eclectic, from a Sci Fi festival, a Silent Film festival, and the amusing “Golden Ladies of the Silver Screen” festival (which featured classic performances of many actresses) to specialized first run films that would be booked for one week only on the theatres movie calendar. Yes, Landmark Theatres took over the Sherman Theatre around 1977, I was the manager for Landmark’s Sherman for about a year and a half when they took it over. ![]() A three-week dance film festival included “The Red Shoes†(1948), “Tales of Hoffman†(1951), “An Evening with the Royal Ballet†(1964) and “Guys and Dolls†(1955). An Alfred Hitchcock retrospective included “Shadow of a Doubt†(1943), “Strangers on a Train†(1951) and the director’s first sound film “Blackmail†(1929). ![]() For the most part it is devoted to film festivals. The Sherman, located strategically on busy Ventura Boulevard, is one of Parallax’s most recent acquisitions. “Our theaters’ programming is a bit more commercial than what the Fox Venice playsâ€, he said. Kim Jorgensen, who had been affiliated with the Fox Venice, is the reigning executive at Parallax. The Sherman, Nuart, Rialto and Ken in San Diego are part of Parallax Theater Systems, Inc., along with others in Denver, Berkeley, Sacramento, Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin. SHERMAN 15052 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks 784-9911 Here is an October 1977 item in the LA Times: ![]()
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