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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 10/07/2026 04:03:00

Built in 1928 as the Stanley Theatre, a $3 million movie palace financed by theatre tycoon James Bly Clark, the building at 237 7th Street in Pittsburgh's Cultural District reopened on 25 September 1987 as the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts following a $43 million restoration. Named for the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, which provided the lead gift toward the renovation, the 2,800-seat theatre is one of the most utilised performing arts venues in the United States and has been c...