The Kentucky Center
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| Address | 501 West Main Street Louisville, Kentucky United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°15′26.3″N 85°45′31.7″W / 38.257306°N 85.758806°WCoordinates: 38°15′26.3″N 85°45′31.7″W / 38.257306°N 85.758806°W |
| Type | performing arts center |
| Capacity | Robert S. Whitney Hall: 2,406 Moritz von Bomhard Theatre: 619 Boyd Martin Theatre: 139 |
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| Opened | November 19, 1983 |
| Architect | Caudill Rowlett Scott |
| Tenants | |
| Broadway Across America, Kentucky Opera, Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, Stage One | |
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The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, located in Louisville and currently branded as The Kentucky Center, is a major performing arts center in Kentucky. Tenants include Broadway Across America, Kentucky Opera, Louisville Ballet and Louisville Orchestra.
The Kentucky Center also hosts artworks by Alexander Calder, Joan Miró, John Chamberlain, Jean Dubuffet and others.
The Center was dedicated on November 19, 1983. Attendees included Charlton Heston, Diane Sawyer and Lily Tomlin. In 1984 the center hosted one of the U.S. presidential election debates between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale.
Other artists and celebrities to have used the Center's stages in the past include: Ray Charles, Jessye Norman, Tony Bennett, the Joffrey Ballet, Kathleen Battle, Jim Carrey, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Gregory Peck, James Taylor, President Bill Clinton, Elie Wiesel, Philip Glass, Marilyn Horne, Jerry Lewis, the Bolshoi Ballet, Wynton Marsalis, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Bill Cosby, President George W. Bush, Lily Tomlin, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Leontine Price, William F. Buckley, and Itzhak Perlman.
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