Recently touted as the hottest red carpet in L.A., the Hollywood Legion Theater is now beset by a litany of problems including sexual harassment claims and labor strife.
Writers celebrate the tentative deal with the studios with drinks, group hugs and selfies. They now turn their attention to support for actors on strike.“There was so much care and attention put into every aspect of our shows,” Umphenour wrote in a text to The Times. He declined to comment on his union contract or the infighting.
The failure to establish a wholly owned subsidiary to run a theater business is part and parcel of Post 43’s baseline dysfunction, sources say. For years before the theater opened, the bulk of Post 43’s income came from two sources: seasonal overflow parking from the Hollywood Bowl and monthly rental income from a Post 43-owned property in the heart of Hollywood known as El Centro.
When the theater was being built, significant debt was taken on by Post 43 in the form of loans and credit, and Post 43 set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the best financial leverage of El Centro. In late 2022, the committee presented Post 43 members with a business plan that laid out a possible sale of the El Centro property.
According to an email reviewed by The Times, Kee dissolved the El Centro ad hoc committee in July. During a Sept. 18 business meeting, executive committee member Aaron Carew presented a motion to extend the LA Fitness lease for 30 years at a rate of $90,000 per month, effectively erasing four years of work by the original ad hoc committee to sell the building.
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