The curtain closes on a number of stages along Theatre Row, a mile-long stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard, as rising rents and crime worries send troupes elsewhere. For more than two decades, the mile-long stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood known as Theatre Row has served as home to the city's densest plot of live theaters, drawing audiences to a diverse array of stages run by scrappy companies.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM on February 22, 2014