 The city also holds a number of live performance theatres including the Royal Alexandra Theatre, the oldest live performance theatre in North America.The Royal Alexandra's design was inspired by turn-of-the-century beaux-arts architectural styles, typical of British theatres.Other notable live performance venues include Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres, Ed Mirvish Theatre, Bathurst Street Theatre, CAA Theatre, Princess of Wales Theatre, and the Meridian Hall (formerly the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts and the Hummingbird Centre and was opened as O'Keefe Centre).