El Capitan Theatre

The El Capitan Theatre is a fully restored movie palace at 6838 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, CA. It is owned by Pacific Theatres and operated by The Walt Disney Company. It serves as the venue for many of Walt Disney Pictures' movie premieres. The television program Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which airs on Disney-owned ABC, originates from a TV studio next door to the El Capitan.

The Country Bears performed a Live Concert at the El Capitan Theatre in 2002.

The Muppet webseries Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony on Movies.com took place in the El Capitan. The opening of each episode started with a quick first-person perspective traveling through the Theatre. Lester Possum appeared in two episodes where he interviewed actual people walking the street near the El Capitan Theater.

In 2005 the Muppet's official website featured a parody of the El Capitan as a location, titled the El Muppetan.

Hollywood Boulevard was closed for two nights on January 18th and 19th to film the final musical number of 2011's The Muppets. The shoot involved Mary )Amy Adams) and Gary (Jason Segel) dancing on the street in front of the El Capitan Theater, with several rows of backup dancers and dozens of extras filling the busy street. An on-set photo of the background Muppet characters included Thog, Sweetums, Sam Eagle and Link Hogthrob, among many others.