The Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe

The Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe

Address	2106 Hyperion Avenue Silver Lake, Los Angeles United States
Coordinates	34°05′56″N118°16′25″W / 34.098861°N 118.273666°W / 34.098861; -118.273666
Website
lyrichyperion.com

The Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe is a longstanding mixed-use business in Silverlake, Los Angeles. It is a cafe by day and a theatre by night.

History

The front of the Lyric Hyperion.

The Lyric Hyperion began as the Bob White-owned ^[1] Frog Pond gay restaurant and cabaret ^[2] in the 1970s and '80s. In the late '80s, Leonard Nimoy and Richard Chamberlain's theatre troupe, Company of Angels, took over the business. ^[3] Around 2000, it became the Lyric Hyperion under Alan Becker, named after Lyric Avenue and Hyperion Avenue at whose intersection it's situated. ^[4] Mark Sherman took over the space in 2016. ^[5] The theatre all but closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but held a grand reopening in 2022 under the hospices of Brandon Wood and Kaela Green, with ownership still maintained by Becker. ^{[4] [3]} The theatre is a 75-seat black box and is used for shows ranging from puppetry, drag, and cabaret, to stand-up comedy, plays, and open mics.

References

1. Gordon, Larry (August 22, 1985). "Sunset Junction Street Fair Finds Wider Audience". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
2. Dryden, Sarah (April 18, 2012). "Silver Lake celebrates its gay past but what about the future?". The Eastsider LA.
3. "Silver Lake's Lyric Hyperion Theater Almost Closed Forever, But Dr. Strange Is Helping It Come Back". LAist. July 13, 2022. Archived from the original on June 26, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
4. Lank, Barry (December 14, 2021). "Silver Lake theater prepares to reopen under new leadership". The Eastsider LA.
5. "Meet Mark Sherman of The Lyric Hyperion in Silver Lake". VoyageLA.