

Review
When the former Downtown Ace Hotel first opened in early 2014, we didn’t just gain a super hip hotel in a then-up-and-coming part of DTLA. We also got a jaw-droppingly beautiful performing arts space. Then known as the Theatre at Ace Hotel, it got its start as a 1920s movie palace screening films for the United Artists film studio founded by D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. Since the theater’s reopening, it’s hosted an impressive lineup of performances, concerts, movie nights, lectures and more.
Today, it’s been renamed the United Theater on Broadway (after the Ace Hotel’s closure) and is a bit sparser when it comes to programming. But the 1,600-seat house has retained its stunningly ornate, three-story lobby. When you visit, make sure to step out from under the balcony to admire the vaulted ceiling with thousands of shimmering mirrors.


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