Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
| Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Location | Corner of North Santa Monica Boulevard and Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills, California |
| Coordinates | 34°04′20″N 118°24′04″W / 34.07228°N 118.40124°WCoordinates: 34°04′20″N 118°24′04″W / 34.07228°N 118.40124°W |
| Completed | 2013 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Zoltan Pali |
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is a community arts center in Beverly Hills, California, funded by philanthropist Wallis Annenberg. It is colloquially known as The Wallis.
The Wallis is located on the corner of North Santa Monica Boulevard and Crescent Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
The center was designed by architect Zoltan Pali of SPF:architects. It includes the historic 1933 Beverly Hills post office, the newly built 500-seat Goldsmith Theater, the 150-seat Lovelace Studio Theater, GRoW at The Wallis: A Space for Arts Education, a sculpture garden and a promenade terrace designed by Ron Lutsko. The Goldsmith theater is named after Bram Goldsmith, the Chairman Emeritus of City National Bank. The restored landmark Beverly Hills post office is named for Paula Kent Meehan.
Endowed by heiress and philanthropist Wallis Annenberg (born 1939), who donated US$25 million, The Wallis was under construction for ten years. The total cost of creating the center is estimated at $70 million, with an annual operating budget of several million dollars.
The opening on October 17, 2013 was celebrated with a black-tie gala, co-chaired by Wallis Annenberg and Jamie Tisch.Kevin Spacey, John Lithgow and Diane Lane inaugurated the 500-seat Goldsmith Theater by reading letters from Groucho Marx, Tennessee Williams, Peter Tchaikovsky, Will Rogers and others. The evening was followed by a fashion show by Salvatore Ferragamo and performances by the likes of Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo and Paris Opera Ballet members Mathias Heymann and Myriam Ould-Braham.
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