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The 80 year old Wurlitzer Organ is making its way back to Huntington and the Keith Albee after being gone for 53 years. Sounds pretty neat with the upgrades that they plan on doing when replacing the organ. Here's the article:
HUNTINGTON -- Junior Ross holds up a sheet of paper full from top to bottom and can't help but smile.
Coming to the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center in the next few months is everything from multiple Marshall Artists Series performances to two film festivals, First Stage Theatre shows, graduations, five weddings and three Huntington Symphony Orchestra shows.
Ross, who oversees the maintenance of the historic Keith-Albee, a 3,000-seat theater built in 1928, wants everyone to feel welcome to come on in and love the theater like he does.
"We've got just about everything," Ross said looking over the upcoming schedule of events. "We want everyone to come and use the building."
Formerly a movie theater owned by the Hyman family, the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center has been under the care of the nonprofit Keith-Albee Foundation and its 16-member board since 2006 when Derek Hyman and family handed over the keys.
In a case of restore it and they will come, it seems the Keith-Albee, which re-opened Dec. 12, 2006, for the premiere of the "We Are Marshall" movie, is continuing to play a strong role in the community as a venue for everything from the Marshall Artists Series to an increasingly popular choice for weddings.
Thanks for posting that link. That is an awesome theater. Charleston had the Kearse, but they tore it down, perhaps before I moved there. I was never in either the Kearse or the K-A. I think the K-A was split up into maybe three little movie theaters then. At any rate, I never saw the inside of it. But it looks beautiful now. Huntington is a (still) beautiful city full of interesting and elegant 20th Century architecture.
I love that old theater for sure. I still remember going there to watch Karate Kid 2 when I was little and going to watch Romeo and Juliet in school. Lots of good memories there.
Maybe I shouldn't butt in here, but I would like to add that this facility is an absolutely terrific asset for Huntington. The outside appearance disguises what is an amazing interior. They are absolutely doing the right thing in fixing and maintaining this theater. Hats off to them for a wise decision.
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Keith-Albee Theater Renovation Continues
