Opened Halloween night, 1904 Capacity 1,300 Owner Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Current use Performing arts center | Designated 2002 Phone +1 412-456-6666 Rebuilt 1990 | |
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Address 101 6th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA Similar Benedum Center, Heinz Hall for the Performin, August Wilson Center for, O'Reilly Theater, Wood Street Galleries | ||
Arw live pittsburgh 10 30 2016 byham theater
The Byham Theater is a landmark building at 101 Sixth Street in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally built in 1903 as The Gayety Theater, the former vaudeville house was renovated and reopened as The Byham Theater in 1990.
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- Arw live pittsburgh 10 30 2016 byham theater
- Backstage at the byham theater
- 1960 World Series Game Seven
- References
Built in 1903 and opened Halloween night 1904, the then-named Gayety Theater was stage and vaudeville house, and it featured stars such as Ethel Barrymore, Gertrude Lawrence, and Helen Hayes. 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. Carolyn M. Byham and William C. Byham of Pittsburgh made a major naming gift for a 1995 renovation, and it has been the Byham Theater since.
Backstage at the byham theater
1960 World Series Game Seven
For the 50th anniversary of the Bill Mazeroski's series winning home run, the first public showing of the Game 7 taped discovered in December 2009 was hosted by Bob Costas at the theater on November 13, 2010 at 6 p.m. Mazeroski was joined by Pirate MVP Dick Groat and former Yankee Bobby Richardson to be interviewed during the showing of the game. MLB Network then telecast the game and interviews nationally.