Howard Pechet

{{short description|Canadian hotelier and producer}}

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| name = Howard E. Pechet

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| birth_place = Canada

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| alma_mater = Washington State University, University of Alberta

| nationality = Canadian

| parents = Eugene Pechet (father)

| occupation = Hotel owner
Casino owner
Restaurant owner
Producer{{cite news|last1=Gussow|first1=Mel|title=Stage: 'Groucho: A Life In Revue' At The Lortel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/09/theater/stage-groucho-a-life-in-revue-at-the-lortel.html|accessdate=17 April 2016|work=The New York Times|date=9 October 1986}}
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Howard Pechet is a Canadian hotelier and producer. Pechet graduated from Washington State University with a Master of Arts degree. He is non-executive producer of Stage West and chairman of Stagewest Hospitality, which includes several hotels, dinner theatres and casinos.{{cite news|title=Family Business Turned Entertainment Empire|url=http://www.cjnews.com/culture/arts/family-business-turned-entertainment-empire|accessdate=17 April 2016|publisher=The Canadian Jewish News|date=9 February 2012}}{{cite news|last1=Ouzounian|first1=Richard|title=Stage West ends with a Shout!|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2013/06/26/stage_west_ends_with_a_shout.html|accessdate=17 April 2016|work=The Toronto Star|publisher=The Toronto Star|date=26 June 2013}} Pechet started Stage West in Edmonton, Alberta. He expanded this to Calgary and Winnipeg and then to the Toronto region, with the Mississauga theatre on Dixie Road, which opened in 1986. The first show in Mississauga was a small-scale comedy, Social Security by Andrew Bergman.{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2013/05/05/stage_west_dinner_theatre_in_mississauga_to_close_after_27_years.html | title= Stage West Dinner Theatre in Mississauga to close after 27 years | newspaper= The Toronto Star | last= Ouzounian | first= Richard | date= May 5, 2013 | accessdate= January 26, 2017}} Pechet has produced almost 1,000 plays and has co-written 14 musical revues.{{cite web|title=Playwrights Guild of Canada: Howard Pechet Profile|url=https://www.playwrightsguild.ca/playwright/howard-pechet|publisher=Playwrights Guild of Canada|accessdate=17 April 2016|archive-date=27 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427055223/https://www.playwrightsguild.ca/playwright/howard-pechet|url-status=dead}}