Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera
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Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera is a nonprofit professional theater company based in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Cultural District.
Pittsburgh CLO stages productions of musical theater classics, drawing more than 200,000 patrons each year; its annual budget is nearly $10 million.
Established on 20 February 1946, it at premiered at Pitt Stadium, where it offered outdoor performances until 1958. In 1961, the Civic Arena, now Mellon Arena, was built to house the CLO. The arena, now the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey franchise, is covered by the world's first retractable roof, designed so that audiences might enjoy theater under the stars. The company moved to the Benedum Center in 1988. CLO opened its newest venue in 2004, The CLO Cabaret at Theater Square.
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