 Much of the theatre, including the lobby, still retains its art deco roots, admired for its Zigzag and Streamline Moderne design.El Rey was built in 1936 as a single-screen movie theatre and functioned as a cinema for nearly 50 years.From the 1980s to the early 1990s, El Rey Theatre was a dance-music club called Wall Street, but since 1994 this theatre has been a live music venue which is now exclusively booked through Goldenvoice.