Hollywood Theater Row

Abel Diaz, 27, right, waits with other theater patrons in the lobby area of the Lounge Theatre where the Solange Castro play “Changes in the Mating Strategies of White People” is being staged.   (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Solange Castro, reflected in a mirror, stands inside the Lounge Theatre where her play “Changes in the Mating Strategies of White People” is being staged on Hollywood’s Theatre Row.   (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Lisa Gopman, in white sweater, who co-owns “Oh My Ribs Entertainment,” with her husband, talks with patrons.  (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Actors Jay Antonos, left, Robert Sherry and Bobby Dean perform in Randall Gray’s play “The Lake House Project” at the Hudson Theatres.   (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Theater patrons catch fresh air at intermission for Timothy McNeil’s play “The Twilight of Schlomo” at the Elephant Space.   (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Actors Jonathan Goldstein, left, and Lilan Bowden perform in Timothy McNeil’s play “The Twilight of Schlomo” at the Elephant Space.   (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Patrons make their way along Santa Monica Boulevard after viewing “The Twilight of Schlomo” at the Elephant Space.   (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

The title of Celebration Theatre is all that remains of the establishment that was taken over by the medical marijuana dispensary Hollywood High Grade on Hollywood’s Theatre Row along Santa Monica Boulevard . Last year, the Celebration Theatre left its home of more than two decades near La Brea Avenue because its occupancy expenses more than doubled.  (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

J.D., left, stands near a poster of Angelyne as a man in high heels makes his way down Santa Monica Boulevard.   (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)