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James Roday and Matt Shakman Purchase Hollywood’s El Centro Theatre

James Roday
(© Tristan Fuge)
James Roday
(© Tristan Fuge)

James Roday and Matt Shakman have purchased Hollywood’s El Centro Theatre according to The Los Angeles Times .

Roday, star of the hit USA Network series Psych is the co-artistic director of the theater company Red Dog Squadron. Shakman, a frequent director on Psych and other television programs, is the founder and artistic director of the Black Dahlia Theatre.

The two-stage theater, which the pair reportedly purchased for $800,000 will be renovated once the current production, the musical Hair, closes later this month. It will begin to house Red Dog and Black Dahlia productions in 2013.

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