Venue: The Kentucky Center
Address: 501 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202
Town: Louisville, US

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, Kentucky, which opened in 1983, is owned by Kentucky Performing Arts and has tenants that include Kentucky Opera, Louisville Ballet, the Louisville Orchestra, StageOne Family Theatre and Broadway Across America. Sculptural artwork at the site is 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. Robert S. Whitney Hall, with 2,406 seats, is the largest and named after the founding conductor of the Louisville Orchestra, Robert S. Whitney. Moritz von Bomhard Theatre, with 619 seats is named for the founder of the Kentucky Opera, Moritz von Bomhard. The Moritz von Bomhard Theatre features a M1D Meyer Sound system for sound reinforcement. Boyd Martin Theatre, with 139 seats is also known as "The MeX". Named for a film and theater critic who wrote for the Louisville Courier-Journal: Boyd Martin. The Kentucky Center is one of three venues owned by Kentucky Performing Arts: Brown Theatre, with 1,400 seats, is named for industrialist James Graham Brown, and is located eight blocks away on Broadway, between Third and Fourth Streets. The Brown was completed in 1925, and is modeled on the Music Box Theatre in New York City. Paristown Hall opened in July 2019 and is located in the Paristown Pointe neighborhood east of downtown. It is a standing-only venue with a capacity of 2,000, and features a patio, balcony area, and bars. Its stages are only a part of what the Kentucky Performing Arts does throughout Kentucky. For example, the center has an education department, with programs for children and adults that travel into all corners of Kentucky. Programs include: ArtsReach: Collaborates with community centers in Louisville, Hopkinsville, Ashland, Mt. Sterling, Cadiz, Lexingt