For more than 25 years, the Princess Theatre has presented an array of outstanding cultural events, including such award-winning artists as Ray Charles, Cloris Leachman, Loretta Swit and Arlo Guthrie. Programming highlights included the national tours of Broadway musicals such as EVITA, BIG RIVER, NUNSENSE and WILL ROGERS FOLLIES, and concerts by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, jazz greats Dianne Reeves and Chris Botti, and bluegrass legends Del McCoury and J.D. Crowe.

Local performing groups make their home on the Princess stage, presenting children’s theater, choral concerts, musicals and theater. Located in downtown Decatur’s New Decatur/Albany Historic District, the Princess Theatre Center for the Performing Arts serves the community as a 677-seat theatre that presents a variety of arts events, provides a multipurpose rental facility, serves as an arts in education resource, and preserves one of the city’s most significant buildings.