Plaza Theatre, Movie theater in Atlanta, United States

The Plaza Theatre is a movie theater at 1049 Ponce de Leon Avenue, anchoring Briarcliff Plaza, Atlanta's first shopping center with off-street parking. Architect George Harwell Bond designed the Art Deco building, which opened in 1939 with a 1,000-seat auditorium; in 1983 the balcony was converted into a second auditorium.

Designed by architect George Harwell Bond, the Plaza Theatre opened on 23 December 1939 as an Art Deco cinema and live theatre, the neighbourhood cinema for Druid Hills, Virginia Highland and Poncey-Highland and an anchor of Briarcliff Plaza, Atlanta's first shopping centre with off-street parking. Its first film was The Women, with Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer. In the 1970s it became an X-rated adult cinema and burlesque house until the shopping centre was renovated; in 1983 George LeFont bought it and converted the balcony into a second auditorium.

The Plaza's name comes from Briarcliff Plaza, the 1930s shopping center on Ponce de Leon Avenue where it sits; the theater is its anchor. Since 2000 the fan group LDOD has staged Atlanta's Rocky Horror Picture Show midnight screenings every Friday, with a shadow cast performing live in front of the screen and audience participation. In the 2000s "Professor Morte" hosted the Silver Scream Spookshow there, pairing burlesque and comic acts with classic science fiction and horror films.

The theater sits at a walkable corner in Poncey-Highland, easy to reach on foot from nearby restaurants and bars. Tickets can be bought in advance online, which is a good idea for popular screenings since the two small auditoriums fill up fast.

Every Friday at midnight, the theater has screened 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' with live performers in front of the screen since the year 2000. Audiences come in costume and bring props, turning each show into something closer to a collective ritual than a standard film screening.