On July 11, 1978, The Rolling Stones performed one sold-out show at the theatre.
It has since been broadcast on Nick at Nite (in 1998) as part The Museum of Television & Radio Showcase series and released on DVD as part of the "Ultimate Rat Pack Collection: Live & Swingin'". After being thought lost for thirty years, Paul Brownstein tracked down a print of the show that had been sitting in a closet in St. A closed-circuit broadcast done as a fundraiser for Dismas House (the first halfway house for ex-convicts). with Johnny Carson as the emcee (subbing for Joey Bishop who was out with a bad back) performed their only televised concert together during the heyday of the Rat Pack. On June 20, 1965, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. On July 16, 2018, it was announced that the building had entered into a 10-year naming rights agreement with Stifel Financial Corp. Since its reopening, it has played host to a diverse variety of performing acts, including touring musicians, comedians, live theatre and dance, and social and political events.
The show featured personalities such as Jay Leno, Aretha Franklin, and Chuck Berry and was attended by a full house of 3,100. On October 1, 2011, the Peabody Opera House opened for the first time since the $79 million renovation. The renovation lasted for fourteen months and included the construction of a new entrance for the building. On July 12, 2010, it was announced that the name was changing to the "Peabody Opera House", named after the company Peabody Energy. The subsidies were funded by municipal bonds and state/federal historic tax credits. Louis Board of Aldermen voted 25–1 to subsidize the renovation and reopening of the theatre under the direction of the Blues' new owners, Sports Capital Partners. Neither that group nor the Bill Laurie family who bought the Blues in 1998, however, renovated the building, instead claiming that they had fulfilled their financial obligations. Louis Blues, Kiel Center's main tenant, promised to rehabilitate the opera house as well. When the auditorium was slated for demolition, the local consortium who owned the St. The adjacent Kiel Auditorium was closed and demolished, later becoming the Kiel Center. The theatre was in operation until 1991 and hosted musicians like Frank Sinatra, who performed there in 1965. Louis Mayor Henry Kiel), it opened in 1934 as a part of the "Municipal Auditorium and Opera House". About the venueįounded as the "Kiel Opera House" (in honor of former St. The Stifel Theatre (originally known as the Municipal Opera House and formerly the Kiel Opera House and Peabody Opera House) is a civic performing arts building located in St.