{"id":2488,"date":"2012-09-25T11:49:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T11:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2015-01-08T13:44:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T18:44:40","slug":"feb-27-1928-when-the-stanley-theater-opened-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/25\/feb-27-1928-when-the-stanley-theater-opened-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Triumphant opening of Stanley Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Feb. 27, 1928:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0When the Stanley Theater opened in February of 1928,\u00a0admission to the silent film \u201cGentlemen Prefer Blondes\u201d was 65 cents.\u00a0That price is long gone. So is the film. No copies are known to exist,\u00a0and it\u2019s officially considered \u201clost.\u201d The Stanley is still around,\u00a0however. In a sense.<\/p>\n

“Pittsburgh\u2019s Palace of Amusement” cost $3 million to build and was\u00a0once the largest theater in Western Pennsylvania. As the Stanley, it\u00a0had a long and colorful history that stretched from the silent film\u00a0era to the age of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll (the last performer there was rocker\u00a0Ted Nugent in 1984). After a $43 million restoration, the theater\u00a0reopened 25 years ago today (Sept. 25, 1987) as the Benedum Center for\u00a0the Performing Arts. Now it\u2019s home of the Pittsburgh Opera, the\u00a0Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.<\/p>\n

(<\/em>Photo credit: Unknown)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the Stanley Theater opened in February of 1928, admission to the silent film \u201cGentlemen Prefer Blondes\u201d was 65 cents. <\/p>\n

Look at the picturesTriumphant opening of Stanley Theater<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[945],"tags":[958,972,1246,1044,1046],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_mav86sVCRL1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C1230&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2491,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/09\/25\/fund-at-stanley-theater\/","url_meta":{"origin":2488,"position":0},"title":"Fun at Stanley Theater","date":"September 25, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"It was at the Stanley that raggae legend Bob Marley performed his final concert on Sept. 23, 1980, eight months before his death from cancer.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tumblr_mav82wYhj31rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1129%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2309,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/07\/the-three-stooges-at-the-stanley-in-pittsburgh\/","url_meta":{"origin":2488,"position":1},"title":"The Three Stooges at the Stanley in Pittsburgh","date":"November 7, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The Stooges remain popular to this day. 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