Inside LA STAGE History: The Macabre Tale of The Majestic & Lon Chaney
by JULIO MARTINEZ ever a theater could be cursed by a single event, it just might be the luxurious Majestic Theatre at 845 S. Broadway, built in 1908 by the firm of Edelman & Barnett for department store tycoon M.A. Hamburger. Originally leased by Oliver Morosco, the 1700-seat Majestic quickly becomes the preferred home-away-from-home to many national touring musical and dramatic productions from Broadway.…