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Any playgoing experience has to, at least in part, be colored by the personality, mood, look and feel of the theater in which it is presented. In L.A., a renovated <a href="http://www.centertheatregroup.org/theatres/mtf/"target=new>Mark Taper Forum</a> downtown takes its place at the head of the class among the historic, funky, elegant and scrappy spaces that host theater performances.

Eclectic venues nooks, landmarks, weathered warehouses and a revamped Mark Taper color the landscape of the L.A. playgoing experience.

( Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times )

Any playgoing experience has to, at least in part, be colored by the personality, mood, look and feel of the theater in which it is presented. In L.A., a renovated Mark Taper Forum downtown takes its place at the head of the class among the historic, funky, elegant and scrappy spaces that host theater performances.

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