Center Stage is a mid-sized concert complex comprising three separate venues located in Atlanta, Georgia.
The building of Theatre Atlanta was largely paid for by a single benefactor, Frania Lee, heiress to the Hunt Oil fortune.
[1] Lee built a home for the company as a tribute to Cartledge, who perished in the infamous Orly plane crash on June 3, 1962, along with her husband and 128 others (which made it the worst airplane disaster to date).
The building housed the triple-tier parking garage still operating today, as well as a gourmet restaurant, cocktail lounges, a space for costume designing and, among other things, a few classrooms for Theatre Atlanta Institute of Speech and Voice.
The show was originally taped at WTBS' studios on Techwood Drive until 1989, when the location was moved to Center Stage.
"[7][8] After a brief period of title changes, the establishment made its way back to the Center Stage moniker under management by Rival Entertainment in early 2009.
[12] February 2005 marked the arrival of The Loft, located on the second floor of the Center Stage complex, equipped with four full-service bars and a view of the Midtown skyline.
[13] Notable performances: Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Fountains of Wayne, FUN, Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Nada Surf, Rooney, Two Door Cinema Club, Chappell Roan, and more.
[19] The venue boasts acoustics and amenities, all suited to the production of any imaginable audio, video or film project, which have included live music video shoots, full concert recordings, television show tapings, and sound stage for motion picture production and film scoring.