The United Theater on Broadway Weddings
A restored 1927 Downtown movie palace with a 1,600-seat auditorium and an ornate three-story mirrored Grand Lobby.
About The United Theater on Broadway
The United Theater on Broadway is a restored 1927 Downtown Los Angeles movie palace offering a 1,600-plus-seat auditorium and an ornate three-story mirrored Grand Lobby, with an attached hotel for full-weekend events. It is perfect for a couple wanting a dramatic, cinematic, architecturally iconic downtown wedding with room to host a large celebration and an adjacent hotel for guests.
What couples love
The 1927 movie palace built by the United Artists founders gives unmatched historic grandeur. The three-story Grand Lobby with its ceiling of thousands of mirrors is a show-stopping backdrop. The adjacent hotel provides guest rooms, a rooftop pool and event space for a full weekend. The theater and mezzanine spaces offer a truly one-of-a-kind cinematic setting.
Good to know
The venue is large and grand, so it can feel cavernous or costly to fill for smaller counts. Rental fees span a wide range and require direct quotes. As a busy downtown performance venue, dates and load-in windows can be constrained by the calendar.
A typical wedding day
1:00 PM — Getting ready at the adjacent hotel
3:30 PM — Portraits on the theater stage and mezzanine
5:00 PM — Ceremony on the main stage or in the Grand Lobby
5:45 PM — Cocktail hour in the mezzanine lounges
7:00 PM — Reception dinner in the Grand Lobby
9:00 PM — Toasts, cake and dancing under the mirrored ceiling
12:00 AM — Late-night send-off
Photographing The United Theater on Broadway
Dramatic, moody, cinematic imagery leaning into the Spanish Gothic mirrored ceiling, ornate 1927 movie-palace interiors and the grand three-story lobby.
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Build your United Theater on Broadway timeline
Move the slider to the hours of coverage you are considering, then pick the size of the day and where the ceremony is. The timeline below rebuilds itself as you change any of them.
The whole wedding at The United Theater on Broadway
- 2:10 PMArrival, the venue and the details
- 2:40 PMFirst look and couple portraits before guests arrive
- 3:30 PMTucked away while guests arrive. Ceremony space and details photographed
- 4:00 PMCeremony
- 4:30 PMFamily formals
- 5:05 PMCouple portraits around The United Theater on Broadway
- 5:50 PMCocktail hour, guests and candids
- 6:40 PMGrand entrance, dinner and toasts
- 7:55 PMGolden hour, then the evening light
Ceremony set at 4:00pm as a starting point. Tell us your ceremony time and we rebuild the day around it.