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Through the 1970s and 1980s, the Frauenthal Theatre found itself in need of additional support spaces. This prompted the conversion of an adjacent building, a former furniture store. The Hilt Building forms the newest portion of the complex, and opened in 1984, featuring the 169-seat Beardsley Theater, expanded dressing rooms and other spaces.
Ford E. and Harriet R. Curtis Theatre Collection of Pittsburgh Theatre Programs (Ford E. and Harriet R. Curtis Theatre Collection of Pittsburgh Theatre Programs, 1840-, Curtis Theatre Collection, Special Collections Department, University of Pittsburgh)
The Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts includes two theaters, the main historic Frauenthal house and the smaller Beardsley Theater in the adjoining Hilt Building. [25] It was refurbished in 1998 and again in 2021, and hosts JAM Theatrical productions, Muskegon Civic Theatre productions, and is home of the West Michigan Symphony Orchestra.
Has been the tallest building in the city since 1970, and was the tallest building in the state from 1970 until the 1987 completion of One Liberty Place in Philadelphia. Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1970s. Known as the USX Tower between 1986 and 2000. [2] [14] Corporate headquarters of U.S. Steel [15] and UPMC. [16] 2 BNY ...
This category includes theaters in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and its surrounding metropolitan area, including: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania , Armstrong County, Pennsylvania ,
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 .
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.
In the early 1910s, concern over the lack of serious or "legitimate" theater in Pittsburgh led to an "art theater movement" that involved the establishment of the Pitt Theatre Company of Pittsburgh in 1913, the Drama League of Pittsburgh in 1912, and 1914, the establishment of the nation's first bachelor of arts degree in theater at Carnegie ...