Atlantas iconic Fox Theatre raising money for historic movie houses all over Georgia WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

ATLANTA — It is midtown Atlanta’s crown jewel. A gem like no other.

“It’s just amazingly magical. From the moment you step onto Peachtree and see it,” Leigh Burns said.

Burns is the Director of Community Partnerships with the Fox Theatre and was in elementary school the first time she saw a show there.

It is a place that has hosted the biggest names in show business.

“You know, you think about the Metropolitan Opera being here. Elvis. The Rolling Stones,” Burns said.

They performed in an Arabian palace under a starry blue sky.

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The theatre features what’s known as Mighty Mo, an organ with 3,622 pipes. And there’s the manual elevator equipped with a hand crank.

Over the last …