LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – The Lexington Opera House is celebrating its 140th anniversary this week, but the landmark nearly didn’t survive to see the milestone.
Broadway legend Bernadette Peters will headline a week of performances honoring the opera house and the woman who saved it from demolition.
Linda Carey discovered the opera house’s uncertain future in the 1970s when she came across a newspaper article about the building, which was constructed in 1886…