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}} The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Stanley Theatre) is a theater and concert hall located at 237 7th Street in the Cultural District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm Hoffman-Henon, it was built in 1928 as the Stanley Theatre. The former movie palace was renovated and reopened as the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in 1987.〔(Benedum Center for the Performing Arts ) Cinema Treasures〕 ==History== The Stanley Theatre, built at a cost of $3 million, opened as a deluxe movie palace February 27, 1928, and seats about 2,885 people (the original seating configuration was over 3,800). It was designed by the architectural firm Hoffman−Henon who were best known for their design of 35 theaters in the Philadelphia area. The Stanley Theatre had the distinction of being the largest movie theater in Western Pennsylvania. Operated by the Stanley Warner Theatres circuit division of Warner Bros., it was Pittsburgh's main first run house for all Warner Bros. film releases. In 1974 both War and King Crimson played at the Stanley.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19740517&id=5wYOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7517,387119〕 In 1976, The Stanley was purchased and renovated by the Cinemette Corporation to be operated as a movie theater. In 1977, DiCesare Engler Productions bought the theater and presented live rock and roll concerts through 1984. The Grateful Dead performed two legendary shows at the venue, and reggae icon Bob Marley performed his last live concert there on September 23, 1980, before his death in 1981. The only known photographs from the show were featured in Kevin Macdonald's documentary film ''Marley''. Prince kicked off his Controversy Tour in 1981 at the Stanley. The rock band Kansas has chosen the Benedum Center to host its 40th Anniversary Fan Appreciation Concert on August 17, 2013, which all the original members will attend. The Stanley Theater was named "Number One Auditorium in the U.S." by ''Billboard''〔Billboard Magazine. Top Venues. TIA-50.22 December 1979.〕〔Billboard Magazine. Top Venues. TIA-46. 20 December 1980.〕 several times during the DiCesare-Engler years.〔From Beatles to Broadway, DiCesare-Engler has booked it all. Snively, M. Pittsburgh Tribune Review 22 December 1994.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benedum Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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