Center Stage [Atlanta]
type: Item
label: Center Stage
description: theatre in Fulton County
description: activiteitenlocatie in de Verenigde Staten @nl
Wikidata source: Q5059348
EUTA research ID II: 586
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Address: 1374 W Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309-2965
Web: www.centerstage-atlanta.com
Wikipedia page: Center_Stage_(Atlanta)
Country: USA
City: Atlanta
GPS: Point(-84.3881 33.7922)
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q8719053
opening date: 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
Carthalia ID: 4257
Note: Built as a permanent home to the Theatre Atlanta company, as a memorial to Helen Lee Cartledge, one of the victims of the Air France Flight 007 aeroplane crash in 1962. Funded by her mother Frania Lee, heiress to the Hunt Oil fortune. Opened 26 Oct 1966 as Theatre Atlanta with Peter Shaffer's The Royal Hunt of the Sun. 1982 renamed Center Stage, 2001 renamed Earthlink Live, 2007 renamed CW Midtown Music Complex, 2009 renamed Center Stage again. After 1982 used for theatre and various other events, including a wrestling TV show from 1989 to 1996. Currently mainly used as a music venue.