The Byham Theater is a landmark building at 101 Sixth Street in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. See also Culture of Pittsburgh The Cultural District is a fourteen-square block area in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Downtown Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, officially called the Golden Triangle or Central Business District, specifically referring to the view of Downtown The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Built in 1903, the then called Gayety Theater was stage and vaudeville house, and it featured stars such as Ethel Barrymore, Gertrude Lawrence, and Helen Hayes. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s Ethel Barrymore ( August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an Academy Award -winning American actress and a member of Gertrude Lawrence (July 4 1898 - September 6 1952 was an English actress and musical comedy performer whose work spanned from the 1920s to the 1950s Helen Hayes ( October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was a two-time Academy Award -winning American Actress, whose 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. Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is both a Nonprofit arts agency as well as a real estate and economic development catalyst to affect the development of Downtown Pittsburgh The Byham family of Pittsburgh made a major naming gift for a 1995 renovation, and it has been the Byham Theater since.
The Gayety boasted pressed copper cherubs painted with a bronze patina, imitation gold leaf, stained glass windows, plaster columns and wainscot of scagolia, an Italian faux marble technique. Copper (ˈkɒpɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol Cu (cuprum and Atomic number 29 CHERUB is a series of young adult books written by the author Robert Muchamore. Bronze is any of a broad range of Copper alloys, usually with Tin as the main additive but sometimes with other elements such as Phosphorus Patina is a coating of various chemical compounds such as Oxides or Carbonates formed on the surface of metal during exposure to Weathering. Metal leaf is a thin foil used for decoration It is also called composition leaf or schlagmetal. In the entry vestibule, note the original mosaic tile floor and the many bare light bulbs lining the ceiling, evidence of the advent of electrical lighting. The old lighted Fulton marquee has been restored by the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg and will be installed there as part of a theater exhibit. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Harrisburg is the Capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States of America The second phase of renovations brought new restrooms, box office, marquee, an elevator, lobby improvements and facade changes. A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for Admission to a venue An elevator or lift is a Transport device used to move people or goods vertically from one floor to another In 1997, the Cherub Lobby was restored to its original splendor.
References
- Conner, Lynne (2007). Pittsburgh in Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-4330-1.
- Kidney, Walter C. (1997). Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture: The Historic Buildings of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. ISBN 0-916670-18-X.
- Toker, Franklin (1986, 1994). Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. The University of Pittsburgh Press is a scholarly publishing house and a major American University press that is part of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh ISBN 0-8229-5434-6.