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The O'Reilly Theater is a 650-seat theater building, opened on December 11, 1999, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Located at 621 Penn Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District, the O'Reilly Theater is actually a three-part building: The theater (with a 150-seat rehearsal hall), a large parking garage called Theater Square, and the adjacent Agnes R. Katz Plaza.〔(Special Report on the O'Reilly Theater ). - ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. - December 5, 1999. - Retrieved: May 23, 2006.〕 The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust built the new theater, designed by architect Michael Graves P.A.,〔Bellon, K. - (O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh PA: Michael Graves 1999 ). - Galinsky. - Retrieved: 2008-06-24〕 to create a downtown home for the Pittsburgh Public Theater theatrical company, as well as to create additional venues for theater, music, and other art performances. The O’Reilly venue features a thrust stage surrounded by the audience on three sides.〔 To pay for the $25 million cost of construction, gifts to the project included a naming gift in honor of Dr. Anthony O'Reilly from Mrs. Chryss O'Reilly and several current and past senior executives of the H.J. Heinz Company.〔 The O’Reilly was built by Turner Construction Company,〔Projects: (O'Reilly Theater: Pittsburgh, PA ). - Turner Construction Company. - Retrieved: 2008-06-24〕 opened on December 11, 1999, with the world premiere of King Hedley II, by the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright August Wilson.〔 ==Pittsburgh Merchantile Library== The building site of the Penn Avenue theater's history began in 1866 with the construction Mercantile Library Hall, a multipurpose library, lecture, and music hall. 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「O'Reilly Theater」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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