[3] The space was named for James Graham Brown, an Indiana native and longtime Louisville resident.

Modeled after New York's famous Music Box Theatre, the space boasts a 40' x 40' stage.

With the onset of the Great Depression, the Brown was leased to the Fourth Avenue Amusement Company in the 1930s as a movie theater.

In 1982, the Broadway-Brown Partnership was formed and purchased the theatre and adjoining hotel in an effort to rejuvenate the southern end of Louisville's downtown business district.

Lyons Brown Theatre, new stage equipment and rigging, a modernized computer marquee, and new heating and air conditioning systems are put into place.