Morton Theatre

The Morton Theater is a performing expressions scene facilitating emotional, melodic, and move exhibitions, and is additionally utilized for extraordinary occasions, for example, classes and weddings. The auditorium has a rich history and is the most seasoned surviving vaudeville theater in the United States.

It was worked in 1910 by an unmistakable African-American specialist named Monroe Bowes "Pink" Morton and amid its first execution, a piano presentation, was gone to by both white and African-American residents. The performance center has facilitated such greats as Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, and Bessie Smith and was utilized as practice space for neighborhood acts R.E.M. furthermore, the B-52s. The venue was remodeled in 1987 following quite a while of neglect and keeps on conveying live exhibitions to the inhabitants of Athens.