Palace Theatre
21 W. Otterman Steet,
Greensburg,
PA
15601
21 W. Otterman Steet,
Greensburg,
PA
15601
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The Palace Theatre (Official)
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Previously operated by: Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
Architects: Leon H. Lempert, Jr.
Firms: Leon H. Lempert & Son
Functions: Performing Arts
Styles: Renaissance Revival
Previous Names: Manos Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
724.836.8000
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Opened September 2, 1926, as the Manos Theatre, it was built in a Neo-Renaissance style, complete with marble imported from Greece for the lobby walls, murals in the main auditorium, decorative plasterwork and elegant crystal chandeliers. By 1941, the Manos Theatre was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
After a long life as a movie house, the Manos Theatre was reopened in 1991 as the Palace Theatre Center for the Performing Arts and has been in the midst of a three phase restoration project which will bring the theater back to its original beauty.
The Palace Theatre is noteworthy for its gorgeous lightbulb-lit marquee, with a sunrise motif, and the theater’s name in blazing neon underneath.
Since its reopening, the Palace Theatre has hosted perfomances by celebrities from Bill Cosby to Bernadette Peters on its stage, and also is home to local organizations like the Greensburg Civic Theater, the Laurel Ballet, and the Westmoreland County Choral Society.
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The Palace Theatre was known by movie fans as The Manos Theatre
The theatre Had several very successful runs in the early ‘70’s with such hits as a 6 month engagement of “The Sting” and the holiday engagement of “The Towering Inferno” both in 1974.
The Manos Theatre was closed without notice by Cinemette Theatres in June of 1977. The next day, Cinemette opened Cinemas IV in Westmoreland Mall
A second downtown Greensburg theatre, The Cinema remained open for a few years as a porno house, before it was torn down along with a hotel to make way for a new parking garage behind the Westmoreland County Courthouse
Today, Greengate mall Cinemas, Cinema World – Eastgate Plaza, Cinemas IV – Westmoreland Mall, Laurel 30 in Latrobe, and the Rustic Drive-in have all closed. The only remaining movie theatre is the Carmike 15 in Westmoreland Mall.
I just saw Tesla here the other night. Nice theater, needs some renovating and TLC, but nice.
I wish Pittsburgh had a decwent concert hall like this.
Here’s a 2007 view of the PALACE/MANOS: http://www.boxsetgallery.com/stein/index3.html
OPENED SEPTEMBER 2, 1926
The Rialto Theatre preceded the Manos Theatre on that corner, possibly the same building refaced with the above mentioned marble. A circular corner section was removed and squared off. Two photos presumably from the early teens added shwoinf the previous structure. It appears a large auditorium is under construction in one of them.
Their history link does not mention the Rialto, yet their link has a photo of it as the header, with the Strand next door.
https://www.thepalacetheatre.org/about-us/history/