Kelly Strayhorn Theater
5941 Penn Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15206
5941 Penn Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15206
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Described in this 1915 trade article: archive
Architect H.S. Bair’s first name was Harry. Harry S. Bair also designed the Querner Theatre and the Plaza Theatre in Pittsburgh, and was the architect for the addition of the Columbia Theatre to a hotel building in Brookville, Pennsylvania.
Here is a recent photo.
Here are 1982 photos of the Regent:
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Renewing link.
A Moller theater organ opus 1783 size 2/9 was installed in the Regent Theater in 1914. Note: $4,730.00; with roll player. In 1915 the size of the organ was increased by 5 ranks to 2/14.
Here is an interesting article about the theater.
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The link is back up and working now.
That’s odd. The website may be down. I’ll post it if it’s back up again.
I can’t get the link in the first comment above to work. Anyway, the Regent theater was built in 1915 and closed as a movie theater in the 1970’s. A renovation was started around 1998 and completed in 2001.
The name is so forgettable to me, I keep calling it the Kelly Clarkson Theater, shudder to think……….
The mind boggles at the “ingenuity” of theatre re-namers! Couldn’t they have just kept the original name and put up a plaque honoring Gene Kelly and Billy Strayhorn in the lobby? Can you imagine anyone saying “Let’s go to the Kelly Strayhorn tonight?” I can’t.
Here are some exterior pix I took over the weekend…
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On the last pic, note the name “Regent” still exists above the poster frame.
Here are some exterior pix I took over the weekend…
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On the last pic, note the name “Regent” still exists above the poster frame.
The following is a link to the theater. If you click on “History” you will find postcards that picture the old Regent.
http://www.kelly-strayhorn.org/