Steve Allen Theater
| Address | 4773 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, California  United States
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| Coordinates | 34°06′07″N 118°17′39″W / 34.1020°N 118.2942°W |
| Owner | CFI |
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| Opened | 2003 |
| Architect | Richard Ramer |
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The Steve Allen Theater at the Center for Inquiry in Hollywood, California, is a 99-seat theater which was developed by founding artistic director Amit Itelman.
The Center for Inquiry is a nonprofit group founded by Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov to promote science and secular humanism. When paranormal investigator James Underdown became the Executive Director of CFI West in 2003, he named the theater after Center for Inquiry supporter and television personality Steve Allen and offered Itelman an opportunity to define an artistic vision for the space.
According to the LA Weekly cover story Why Theater Matters - “Itelman has booked interdisciplinary acts (music, comedy and theater) that strike a particularly brainy and idiosyncratic chord." "A kind of theater that bounces off the walls." As described by the LA Times "Theater of the Absurd, Itelman's artistic credo reflects CFI's mission of 'not accepting things as they are' an unlikely lab for some of the freshest, strangest work in town…The bar for eccentricity may be pretty high in Hollywood, but the Steve Allen Theater clears it easily".
In an interview with director Jon Schnepp he states that Metalocalypse began with small sketches "like 'George Fisher (Cannibal Corpse vocalist) Goes to the Hospital' developed at The Steve Allen Theater.
Aye Jay Carny Trash - An exploration of the carnival underworld by carny Aye Jay. Directed by Amit Itelman.
The Beastly Bombing - Award winning controversial Edwardian musical about fundamentalism. Book, lyrics and direction by Julien Nitzberg. Music by Roger Neil. Produced with Rorry Daniels. Toured to New York and Amsterdam.
Borcht Belt Babies - Vaudeville revival show featuring descendents of actual vaudeville stars. Hosted by Janet Klein. Directed by Amit Itelman
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