F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts

The ⁠​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌⁠F.M. Kirby Center is downtown Wilkes-Barre's main stage, set in the former Comerford Theater, an Art Deco movie palace that opened on Public Square in 1938 and became the Kirby Center in 1986. It books touring concerts, comedians, Broadway-style shows, NEPA Philharmonic concerts, film screenings and a young people's theater series for school groups and families.