UCLA’s New Nimoy Theater Highlights Historic Architecture
A newly renovated live performance venue unites an iconic historic building and interior with state-of-the-art sound, production and stage design at the UCLA Nimoy Theater. Known now as The Nimoy and named for the actor and philanthropist Leonard Nimoy, the updating of a landmarked, Art Deco-inspired renovation from the late-1980s creates a new home for the Center for the Art of Performance UCLA, said preservation architect Page & Turnbull, which collaborated with the project’s architect, BAR Architects & Interiors.
According to Page & Turnbull, The Nimoy reimagines the historic Crest Theatre, also called the UCLAN Theatre, from a historic 1940s movie and performing arts venue and its more recent landmarked renovation into an engaging, modern cultural offering full of original architectural detailing and art.