Center Stage [Atlanta]
Center Stage
theatre in Fulton County
activiteitenlocatie in de Verenigde Staten
1374 W Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309-2965
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.