Overview
- Stewart confirmed to Architectural Digest that she purchased the shuttered Highland Theatre in Highland Park, Los Angeles.
- The 1925 venue, designed by Lewis Arthur Smith, closed in 2024 after the owner said business never recovered from the pandemic downturn.
- She plans to reopen the space as a community gathering place that moves moviegoing away from a purely transactional, corporate model.
- Original features such as the mezzanine and stage remain, but Stewart says the building needs substantial work and no date has been set for reopening.
- Her acquisition aligns with a broader filmmaker-led push to preserve L.A. theaters, including Quentin Tarantino’s Vista and a Jason Reitman–led purchase of Westwood’s Village Theatre.