The 99-year-old Hollywood Theater in Dormont will reopen on Nov. 6, after a transformative, two-year renovation that aims to provide a moviegoing experience like none other in Pittsburgh.

Row House Cinemas, operators of the popular single-screen theater in Lawrenceville, purchased the Hollywood in 2023. They hosted a number of events in the theater as it was that summer before renovations began in the autumn of that year; now, the theater is nearly ready to welcome guests.

The goal of the renovation was to restore the Hollywood to its long-lost status as “an atmospheric movie theater,” says Row House principal Brian Mendelssohn. That term refers to theaters built to give the illusion of being outdoors, with stars and celestial bodies above and custom architecture and sets on the sides of

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