The Pantages is hands down the best place to see a play in Los Angeles. What they offer are for the most part musicals, but they also have concerts and serious topic plays as well. If you are in town and care at all about theater, you must go, unless you live in Manhattan, then you win. The Pantages was built in the 40's and is art deco. It is continually updated to keep the original art deco style. It is just stunning inside and out and it is right on Hollywood Blvd. and in the front is the long walk of fame. The ceiling is beautiful, the entire place is stunning. They have great shows, mostly traveling but some with the NY cast. The first 20 rows are the best, on the floor. The mezzanine first 5 rows are good and the balcony is okay. The lobby is beautiful and there is a full bar area to the side of the lobby. Parking is for a fee in a nearby lot. The staff is great. They actually know the theater and can direct you. They have been trained as opposed to other places where their function is questionable. They will guide you to your seats if needed, and answer any questions. You will love this place. Go there.

Beautiful Art Deco historical theatre. I used to have a season’s pass here, and it was well worth it. Saw so many great musical theatre here: Wicked, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Book of Mormon, Hello Dolly, A Bronx Tale, Miss Saigon and Les Mis. I usually sit in the side orchestra seats before mezzanine, which offers a great view of the stage. Past seats: * Past seasons ticket seats were row M, far right orchestra, and I was pretty happy with these. * ORCHRC, Row F, Seat 210-211 * ORCHL, Row T, Seat 9-11 The only time we didn’t have a good time here was watching Phantom of the Opera but that was mainly because of the stage production deciding to only use a portion of the stage, causing an obstructed side view. I also saw Aladdin with a few friends in the last few rows of orchestra, and those seats are not worth it as the actors look like ants from that far plus the mezzanine above causes a little sound interference.

Pantages Theatre is beautiful and reminded me of the 1894 Grand in Galveston except on a much larger scale. We saw Peter Pan in July 2024 and loved it. The play was well done and the character of Peter Pan and Tinkerbell were perfectly cast and perfectly played.. I wasnt a huge fan of the ending, it kind of had a teeny hint of pedofile undertones and a few of the cast seemed to have been misassigned to their roles but it did not distract from the storyline and it was an overall lovely evening. We parked about a block away and had drinks at the Westin before the show in their lovely courtyard. After the show our parking garage was closed and we had to wait for someone to exit so we could jump past the opening to get to our car...not too easy with a disability..but we made it. We prepaid for parking with the tickets so having the garage closed was kind of a shock.

It was my first night going to the Pantages in LA and man what a beautiful theater. We got to go see Hamilton finally and the show was just amazing. Love love love live theater and it really doesn't get any better then this play. The cast was just amazing and I'm convinced there's not really any bad seat in the house. We were in Orchestra Left row TT that actually sits under the balcony a bit so I was worried it would be obstructed but it wasn't at all. We could see everything really clearly and the sound was amazing. I cannot wait to come back and see wicked in December.