Buckhead Theatre, Performing arts center in Buckhead, US.
Buckhead Theatre is a theatre in the Buckhead neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia, built in 1930 in Spanish Baroque style by the Atlanta firm Daniell & Beutell. It opened on June 2, 1930, as a second-run movie house that also hosted civic functions and Buckhead Symphony Orchestra concerts. It later became the Capri Theatre, the Buckhead Cinema 'N' Drafthouse and the Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre before reopening under its original name in June 2010.
Buckhead Theatre was built in 1930 in Spanish Baroque style by the Atlanta firm Daniell & Beutell and opened on June 2, 1930 as a second-run movie house that also hosted civic functions and Buckhead Symphony Orchestra concerts. In 1961 it switched to first-run films as the Capri Theatre in the Weis Theater chain, and in the mid-1980s it became Buckhead Cinema 'N' Drafthouse before conversion into the Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre. After the Roxy closed in 2008, Charles Loudermilk bought it and reopened it in June 2010 under its original name; Live Nation took over booking in 2017 and began a renovation of at least $7 million in February 2018.
The building's name changed with its uses: Capri Theatre from 1961, Buckhead Cinema 'N' Drafthouse in the mid-1980s, then the Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre, a major Atlanta concert venue in the 1990s and 2000s. It reopened in June 2010 under its original name. The Buckhead Symphony Orchestra played concerts here in the 1930s.
The theatre stands at 3110 Roswell Road in Buckhead, not downtown Atlanta. It is a live music and events venue run by Live Nation, which began a renovation of at least $7 million in February 2018; check the current booking before travelling, as the building is not open as a daily attraction.
The theatre opened on June 2, 1930, built in Spanish Baroque style by the Atlanta firm Daniell & Beutell. It was run by Affiliated Theaters, a subsidiary of McLendon Theatres, and its lease was sold in 1935 to Terry McDaniel of Montgomery. Renamed the Capri Theatre in 1961, it later became the Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre before reopening under its original name in June 2010.
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