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Harris Theater (Pittsburgh) (current) Harry Williams' Academy of Music; Hartwood Theatre on the Green; Hazlett Theater (also known as Allegheny Theater within the Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny)
Allegheny County Fairgrounds located in South Park in South Park Township, Pennsylvania, was acquired and designed for use in 1927 by the Allegheny County Department of Parks. Beginning in 1932, this was the location of the Allegheny County Fair. It was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 2009. [1]
The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Stanley Theatre) is a theater and concert hall located at 237 7th Street in the Cultural District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm Hoffman-Henon , it was built in 1928 as the Stanley Theatre.
The Byham Theater, a landmark building at 101 Sixth Street in Downtown Pittsburgh, was the second major theater venue restoration project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Built in 1903, the then called Gayety Theater was a stage and Vaudeville house, and it featured stars such as Ethel Barrymore, Gertrude Lawrence, and Helen Hayes. It was ...
Most recently, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and the Steelers’ Max Starks "competed" in the Broadway musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Taped on the stage of Heinz Hall, composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach was on NBC's Today show December 5, 2006. Heinz Hall is an important part of the arts in Pittsburgh and continues to make ...
In the early 1970s a site on the opposite side of downtown Pittsburgh was considered for a modern convention center, on the shores of the Monongahela River.On September 20, 1971, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania failed to approve that location, and site work slowly began on the present site as the city and county submitted it to the commonwealth on December 10, 1974.
Oakland is the academic and healthcare center of Pittsburgh and one of the city's major cultural centers. Home to three universities, museums, hospitals, shopping venues, restaurants, and recreational activities, this section of the city also includes two city-designated historic districts: the mostly residential Schenley Farms Historic District and the predominantly institutional Oakland ...
Theaters, dance companies and venues in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and its surrounding metropolitan area, including: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania , Armstrong County, Pennsylvania ,