The Kentucky Center
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The Kentucky Center (formerly known as the Kentucky Center for the Arts or KCA), located in Louisville, is the largest performing arts center in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It also hosts artworks by Alexander Calder, Joan Miro, John Chamberlain, Jean Dubuffet and others.
The Center was officially dedicated on November 19, 1983. Celebrity 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.
Performance facilities
The Center has three performance spaces:
- 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.
- 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 Center also administers a separate facility:
- Brown Theatre, with 1,400 seats, is named for industrialist James Graham Brown, and is located approximately eight blocks away on Broadway, between Third and Fourth Streets. The Brown was completed in 1925, and is modelled on the Music Box Theatre in New York City.
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