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Dolby Theatre

Dolby Theatre


Ticket Information

Box Office Hours
Monday-Saturday: 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM

Tickets
Purchase tickets online, at the theatre box office, or by phone at 800-745-3000.

Group Tickets
Book by phone at 323-463-4367.


Location


About This Theatre

Dolby Theatre will serve as an ongoing showcase for the latest innovations in Dolby entertainment technology, including DolbyAtmos™, a breakthrough audio technology that delivers the most natural, life-like sensory experience. Dolby Theatre also features Dolby 3D, a state-of-the-art imaging solution that provides audiences with a superior 3D experience. Dolby will continue to update the 180,000-square-foot, 3,400-seat Dolby Theatre with cutting edge technologies, ensuring that Dolby Theatre sets the stage for entertainment technology as host of the world’s biggest movie premieres, events, and performances, for years to come.

One of the world’s premier entertainment venues, Dolby Theatre has hosted a range of prestigious artists and events including IRIS by Cirque du Soleil, Alicia Keys, Celine Dion, Prince, Elvis Costello, Barry Manilow, Stevie Wonder, Harry Connick, Jr., Melissa Etheridge, Dixie Chicks, Tyler Perry, American Ballet Theatre and various touring Broadway productions.

Notable television and awards events at Dolby Theatre have included the American Idol finals, AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards to Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and George Lucas, Daytime Emmy Awards, ESPY Awards, and BET Awards.

For the theatergoer, Dolby Theatre experience begins on Hollywood Boulevard, where a towering portal, designed by Rockwell, serves as the grand entrance to the theatre, which is set back from the street. A two-story Awards Walk, featuring backlit glass plaques for each Best Picture Oscar® winner on a series of limestone portals, leads up a sweeping staircase with red mosaic tile to the main entrance.

The Dolby Theatre has 3,400 seats and is one of The Nederlander Organization‘s two theatres in Los Angeles.

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Policies

Payment
MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, and cash are accepted for ticket purchases at the box office.

Refunds/Exchanges

The Dolby Theatre does not provide ticket refunds or exchanges.

Dress Code

The Dolby Theatre has no formal dress code, and we encourage you to wear whatever makes you feel comfortable.  As types of performances vary, there is no standard dress code for patrons, though shirt and shoes are required at all times.

Children
The Dolby Theatre welcomes children of all ages to its family events. However, unless otherwise stated, all patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket for all performances.

Late Seating
Late seating is at the discretion of theatre management and policies may vary from performance to performance, due to specific artist requests or requirements. Late seating is timed to minimize disruption to the experience of patrons who are already seated.

Smoking
The Dolby Theatre is a nonsmoking facility. Smoking areas are located outside of the theatre on each lobby level.


Amenities

Concessions

There are bars located in each lobby of Dolby Theatre where various soft drinks, mixed drinks, wine and beer may be purchased.  Additionally, several menu items such as popcorn, candy, sandwiches and cheese & crackers are available.  Food & beverage is permitted inside the theatre during most events.  Dolby Theatre is proud to partner with Wolfgang Puck Catering as its exclusive food & beverage provider.  Outside food & beverage, including water, is not permitted.

Restrooms

Men’s & women’s restrooms are available on every lobby level of the theatre.

Cloakroom

A complimentary coat check is available on Lobby 2 of the theatre.  Please note that backpacks and other, large bags are not permitted into the theatre.


Security

Patron Security

The following items are not permitted in Dolby Theatre.  Bag checks are regularly conducted, and any guest attempting to enter the facility with such items will be asked to return that item to their vehicle.
– Outside food & beverage.
– Any type of weapon or item that can be used as a weapon (including pocket knives, chains and spiked jewelry.)
– Laser pointers or any other item that may be considered disruptive to the performers or other audience members.

 

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Accessible Seating

Accessible seating is available for this performance as indicated on the seating map.

Wheelchair and special seating is available for purchase through the Dolby Theatre box office, either in person or by phoning Dolby Theatre at (323) 308-6300. Courtesy wheelchairs are available free of charge at the coat check on Lobby Level 2, or by requesting assistance from the Event Manager on duty. Dolby Theatre is equipped with accessible bathrooms on all seating levels. Accessible parking is available in the structure directly below the Dolby Theatre with access from Highland Avenue or Orange Drive.


Wheelchair-accessible Restroom

Dolby Theatre is equipped with accessible bathrooms on all seating levels.


Seat Accessibility

There are designated wheelchair seats. (See seating chart.)


Policy on Guide Dogs and Service Animals

Service animals are permitted at Dolby Theatre. The ADA defines a service animal as any guide dog, signal dog, or another animal individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability. This includes psychiatric service animals that are individually trained to provide service to individuals with psychiatric or neurological disabilities, such as preventing or interrupting impulsive or destructive behaviors. It does not include emotional support or comfort animals. Service animals must be harnessed, leashed or tethered at all times and will be required to rest in the seating area of the individual with a disability, rather than in the aisle. A guest whose service animal poses a threat to the safety of other guests and employees may be asked to escort the animal off the premises.


Assisted Listening Devices

For the hearing impaired, please send an email with your request to [email protected]. On the event day, Assistive Listening Devices are available free of charge and may be obtained from the 2nd level coat check, or by requesting assistance from the Event Manager on duty.

ASL interpreted performances for the hearing impaired are scheduled for select events. The Dolby Theatre requires at least two weeks notice to provide large print programs or an ASL interpreter. Please contact (323) 308-6375 or [email protected] to make arrangements. Services are not guaranteed for all events, but we will make every effort to accommodate each request.

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Dolby Theatre will serve as an ongoing showcase for the latest innovations in Dolby entertainment technology, including DolbyAtmos, a breakthrough audio technology that delivers the most natural, life-like sensory experience. Dolby Theatre also features Dolby 3D, a state-of-the-art imaging solution that provides audiences with a superior 3D experience. Dolby will continue to update the 180,000-square-foot, 3,400-seat Dolby Theatre with cutting edge technologies, ensuring that Dolby Theatre sets the stage for entertainment technology as host of the world’s biggest movie premieres, events, and performances, for years to come

One of the world’s premier entertainment venues, Dolby Theatre has hosted a range of prestigious artists and events including IRIS by Cirque du Soleil, Alicia Keys, Celine Dion, Prince, Elvis Costello, Barry Manilow, Stevie Wonder, Harry Connick, Jr., Melissa Etheridge, Dixie Chicks, Tyler Perry, American Ballet Theatre and various touring Broadway productions.

Notable television and awards events at Dolby Theatre have included the American Idol finals, AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards to Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and George Lucas, Daytime Emmy Awards, ESPY Awards, and BET Awards.

For the theatergoer, Dolby Theatre experience begins on Hollywood Boulevard, where a towering portal, designed by Rockwell, serves as the grand entrance to the theatre, which is set back from the street. A two-story Awards Walk, featuring backlit glass plaques for each Best Picture Oscar winner on a series of limestone portals, leads up a sweeping staircase with red mosaic tile to the main entrance.

The five-level theatre lobby is centered by a grand spiral staircase with cherrywood balustrades, topped by an oval, uplit silvery dome. Certain lobby design elements were inspired by Michelangelo’s Campodiglio in Rome and Busby Berkeley’s choreography. Twenty-six spectacular images of famous Oscar winners including Grace Kelly, Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Halle Berry, and Julia Roberts are permanently displayed on four lobby levels as photographic transparencies on clear plexiglass hung in front of shimmering beaded “silver screen” panels.

The audience chamber is highlighted by a silver-leafed “tiara”, a striking, looping oval structure that both supports and disguises an immense ceiling grid for lighting. Reflective ribs from the tiara extend down between the theatre’s box seats, creating a continuous flow from wall to ceiling. The chamber was designed to draw attention to the action on the stage, as well as to achieve the maximum intimacy between audience and performers. It is appointed with sumptuous details that give the space warmth including cherrywood finishes and deep plum upholstery, as well as a shimmering glow provided by curtains of two shades of iridescent fabric and a fine bronze mesh that stretches to the top of the proscenium, which measures some 64 feet wide by 35 feet high. The main stage area is one of the largest in the nation, at 120 feet wide and 75 feet deep.

Wolfgang Puck Catering and Events, owned by celebrated chef Wolfgang Puck, is the exclusive provider of food and beverage services for Dolby Theatre, including front of house, backstage and special private events that can be held in the theatre lobbies and the Dolby Lounge.

Guided theatre tours are offered seven days a week, with rare production and performance schedule exceptions, from 10:30 am to 4 pm, departing every 30 minutes. The walking tour offers visitors architectural and historical highlights of the world-renowned venue, as well as a glimpse of the ultra-glamorous side of Dolby Theatre on Hollywood’s biggest night – the Oscars.

Dolby Theatre is located within the Hollywood & Highland, which consists of over 640,000 square feet of space featuring national, regional and local retail tenants, a variety of restaurants, several of Hollywood’s hottest nightclubs, a six-screen state-of-the-art cinema adjacent to the world-famous TCL Chinese Theatre (formerly known as Grauman’s) and the 640 room Loews Hollywood Hotel. CIM Group, an integrated, full-service real estate investor and operator based in Hollywood, became the owner of Hollywood & Highland in February 2004.

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