The El Rey Theatre is a live music venue in the Miracle Mile area of the Mid-Wilshire region in Los Angeles, California.

Much of the theatre, including the lobby, still retains its art deco roots, and is admired for its Zigzag and Streamline Moderne design.

[1] El Rey was built in 1936[1] as a single-screen movie theatre and functioned as a cinema for nearly 50 years.

The exterior of the theatre can be seen in the 1984 film Night of the Comet and serves as the location where main character Regina (played by Catherine Mary Stewart) works.

The theatre's exterior is a central plot point of the link segments of the 1986 horror compilation film Zombiethon.