[2] C. Emlen Urban began planning the building of the Hershey Theatre as a community center in 1915 for chocolate magnate and philanthropist Milton S.

[4] The construction of the theater and five other buildings in Hershey, Pennsylvania gave hundreds of workers jobs during the financial crisis.

[3] Behind the fire curtain, there is a water color painting of the Grand Canal and Doge's Palace in Venice.

[3] Eighty-eight small light bulbs hang from the ceiling, giving the appearance of stars in the night sky.

[1] It was commissioned by Milton S. Hershey[3] and has over four thousand pipes, the largest more than thirty feet tall.