The current Théâtre de l'Athénée is actually a former foyer of the Éden-Théâtre converted into an intimate theatre in 1893 by the architect Stanislas Loison and opened the same year under the name Théâtre de la Comédie-Parisienne.
The current Théâtre de l'Athénée is actually a former foyer of the Éden-Théâtre converted into an intimate theatre in 1893 by the architect Stanislas Loison with further modifications carried out by the architect Paul Fouquiau in 1894. It opened on 31 December 1894 under the name Théâtre de la Comédie-Parisienne.