Mark Taper Forum
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The Mark Taper Forum is a 739-seat thrust stage at the Los Angeles Music Center designed by Welton Becket and Associates on the Bunker Hill section of downtown Los Angeles. Named for real estate devel
LA Music Center Mark Taper Forum
Poster for the 1974 season
The Taper in August 2025.
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
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The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center, which is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. The Music Center's other halls include the
Mark Taper Forum
…dedication took place on April 9, 1967, at an event attended by Governor Ronald Reagan. The smallest of the three venues, the Taper is flanked by the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Ahmanson Theatre on the Music Center Plaza. Becket designed the center in the style of New Formalism, which emphasized geometric shapes. The…
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, LA, CA, jjron 22.03.2012
The stage as seen from the balcony at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990.