New Hazlett Theater

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New Hazlett Theater
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Address6 Allegheny Square E
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States
Capacity 500
Opened2004
Website
newhazletttheater.org

The New Hazlett Theater is the primary occupant of the Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny in the Allegheny Center part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After the Pittsburgh Public Theater moved to the O'Reilly Theater in 1999, the Hazlett Theater was transformed into the New Hazlett Theater and opened in 2004. [1] Since 2013, the Theater has also been home to the Community Supported Art (CSA) Performance Series, designed to help support new and upcoming artists in the Pittsburgh area. [2]

Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny

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History

The Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny featured the first Carnegie Music Hall in the United States. [3] The Theatre was renovated in 1967 with community-raised money when it was under threat of demolition. [1] In 1980, it was renamed the Hazlett Theater in honor of Theodore L. Hazlett Jr. The Hazlett Theater served as the home to Pittsburgh Public Theater For 24 seasons from 1974 until 1999 when the PPT moved to the O'Reilly Theater. [4] Due to the decline of traffic, the local arts community supported the rebirth of the Hazlett Theater as the New Hazlett Theater in 2004, where it serves as a valued community resource for performing artists in the Pittsburgh area.

Pittsburgh Public Theater non-profit organisation in the USA

Pittsburgh Public Theater, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a professional theater company. After the retirement of longtime Producing Artistic Director Ted Pappas, The Public begins the 2018-2019 season with a new leadership team: Artistic Director Marya Sea Kaminski and Managing Director Lou Castelli.

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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 65,000 square feet (6,000 m2) theater, a large parking garage called Theater Square, and the adjacent 23,000 square feet (2,100 m2) Agnes R. Katz Plaza.

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References

  1. 1 2 "History - New Hazlett Theater". newhazletttheater.org. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. "About - New Hazlett Theater". newhazletttheater.org. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  3. Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny
  4. Pittsburgh Public Theater

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