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The Stanley Theatre was the largest movie theater in Western Pennsylvania. Operated by the Stanley Warner Theatres circuit division of Warner Bros., it was Pittsburgh's main first run house for all Warner Bros. film releases. Frank Sinatra played here December 10, 1943. In 1974 War and King Crimson played at the Stanley. [5]
John P. Harris – invented the first movie theater; David Hollander – TV and movie producer, director; Tim Kaiser – producer, Seinfeld, Will & Grace, 2 Broke Girls; Carl Kurlander – film producer, writer; Sally Lapiduss – producer; Rob Marshall – director, Chicago
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust purchased and refurbished the theater as part of its plan for the Cultural District. In 1995, it was renamed The Harris, using a gift from the Buhl Foundation , in honor of John P. Harris , who was a co-founder of the Nickelodeon—the first theater solely dedicated to the showing of motion pictures—and a ...
It was renamed The Fulton in the 1930s when it became a full-time movie theater. In 1990, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust bought the theater and refurbished the Fulton as part of its plan for the Cultural District. The Byham family of Pittsburgh made a major naming gift for a 1995 renovation, and it has been the Byham Theater since. The current ...
OneRepublic perform at Zermatt Unplugged 2011 in Switzerland. OneRepublic released their third studio album, Native, on March 22, 2013, marking the end of the band's three-and-a-half-year hiatus. [21] The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 becoming their first top 10 album in the US, with first week sales of 60,000.
Heinz Hall is a performing arts center and concert hall located at 600 Penn Avenue in the Cultural District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Home to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, the 2,676 seat hall presents about 200 performances each year.
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In 1897 Harris Comedy and Specialty Co. showed Pittsburgh's first motion picture. On June 19, 1905, Harris and his brother-in-law, Harry Davis opened a small film theater on a Smithfield Street storefront in Downtown Pittsburgh. The theater, known as the Nickelodeon, was the first devoted exclusively for the exhibition of movies. [3]