 Since its construction, the Winter Garden Atrium has hosted concerts and symphonies as part of the World Financial Center Series.Upon its reopening in 2002, the atrium held ballets, concerts, a performance by the Big Apple Circus, and a production of "The Downtown Messiah", a modern interpretation of Handel's classical oratorio, directed by Richard Barone.In the spring of 2003, an exhibit documenting the recovery process of the World Trade Center was installed by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation in the Winter Garden.