Mississippi Arts: Nearing its centennial, Hattiesburg’s Saenger Theater is ‘the pride of downtown’

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Mississippi Arts: Nearing its centennial, Hattiesburg’s Saenger Theater is ‘the pride of downtown’ - Mississippi Monitor

By: Jim Beaugez, Magnolia Tribune Since first opening in 1929, Hattiesburg’s Saenger Theater has entertained generations of Mississippians. Now it’s one of the leading live performance venues in the state. The Saenger Theater in Hattiesburg, the centerpiece of the Hub City’s downtown renaissance, has written its own comeback story as a live-performance venue after nearly a century in the business. But just six years ago, the former movie house …