# Kristen Stewart wants to refurbish LA’s Highland Theatre

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**Created:** [February 5, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristen-stewart-wants-to-refurbish-la-s-highland-theatre/1027399 "2026-02-05T19:38:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristen-stewart-wants-to-refurbish-la-s-highland-theatre/1027399/1 "2026-02-05T19:38:23Z")

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It’s pleasant to see a celebrity using their money and clout in a good cause. Hopefully she can get it up and working soon.

> **[Kristen Stewart’s Bold Plan to Bring a Beloved Los Angeles Theater Back to Life](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kristen-stewarts-plan-to-bring-a-beloved-los-angeles-theater-back-to-life)**
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> How the actor-director is restoring the historic Highland Theatre as a community-centered home for adventurous cinema in LA

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristen-stewart-wants-to-refurbish-la-s-highland-theatre/1027399/2 "2026-02-06T15:18:29Z")

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Closed 2 years ago. The building should still be in decent to poor condition.

Time is a vacent buildings worst enemy.

I wonder if there a plans to use it for performances of plays?

Link [Kristen Stewart buys iconic Highland Theatre in Highland Park – NBC Los Angeles](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/highland-theatre-kristen-stewart/3841420/)

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> The historic theater closed in 2024, just shy of its 100th anniversary of grand opening.
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> The [Highland Theater](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/happy-90th-highland-theatre/103831/), famous for its early-20th-century palace architecture, served as a venue for movie and live performances as its features include a stage, orchestra pit and balcony.
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> The theater was designated a historic-cultural monument by the Los Aneles Cultural Heritage Commission in the 1990s.