Lincoln Center - Overhaul

ArtsMan · **Joined:** Sat Aug 03, 2002 11:01 pm **Posts:** 591

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Beverly Sills to Head Met Opera

By VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) - Beverly Sills got tired of smelling the roses.

The former chairman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts said Saturday that she's returning to action after six months of retirement — as the new chairwoman of the Metropolitan Opera more

Andre Yew · **Posted:** Wed Jan 15, 2003 11:04 pm

More construction going on at the Lincoln Center according to this press release:

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces Leadership Grant From The Coca-Cola Company To Help Build New Jazz Arts Facility

Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC) announced today a $10 million leadership grant from The Coca-Cola Company towards the creation of the world's first performing arts center designed specifically for jazz, Frederick P. Rose Hall, scheduled to open in Fall 2004. In recognition of the company's commitment to this authentic art form, Jazz at Lincoln Center will name the 140-seat jazz club performance venue in the new facility, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola.

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Azlan · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2003 9:05 am

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Lincoln Center Proceeds, Modestly

By ROBIN POGREBIN, NY Times

When it was first announced in 1999, Lincoln Center's redevelopment was to cost $1.5 billion over 10 years and radically transform the campus. <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/08/arts/08LINC.html target=_blank>more</a>

Stuart Sweeney · **Posted:** Thu Jun 05, 2003 1:54 pm

Fine arts centers face the music
By Frederick M. Winship for UPI

NEW YORK, June 5 (UPI) -- Announcement of the New York Philharmonic's plans to abandon Lincoln Center and return to its old home at Carnegie Hall is the latest fall-out of the weak economy's effect on the performing arts.

The Philharmonic, the nation's oldest symphony orchestra, was the first component of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, moving there from Carnegie Hall in 1962. The center has since grown to become America's largest performing arts center with 11 components including opera, theater, ballet, classical music, and jazz.

But time has not been kind to Lincoln Center and other arts centers, such as Washington's Kennedy Center. As they near middle age, they need facelifts and even more serious renovations than they cannot afford in the face of numerous problems including declining ticket sales, particularly for symphonic concerts. Lincoln Center's $1.5 billion renovation plan has been scaled down to a $350 million plan.

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Stuart Sweeney · **Posted:** Sun Jun 08, 2003 4:37 am

Lincoln Center chief envisions concert hall’s future without the New York Philharmonic
With the New York Philharmonic leaving Lincoln Center after more than four decades, and another high-profile tenant considering a move, the world’s largest arts complex is dwelling not on its losses but on the possibilities. From Associated Press.

Since the Philharmonic’s unexpected announcement Monday that it will move from Avery Fisher Hall to Carnegie Hall in three years, Lincoln Center President Reynold Levy is mulling new uses sweeping and small, including hosting the world’s top orchestras, staging festivals, introducing interactive technology to audiences and emphasizing youth education programs.

The hall “is now a blank canvas, and we have a palette of musical colors that we’re going to paint on that canvas,” Levy said in an interview with The Associated Press.

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Azlan · **Posted:** Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:36 am

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<a href=http://forum.criticaldance.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=000502 target=_blank>New York Philharmonic's Shock Move to Carnegie Hall</a>

Azlan · **Posted:** Thu Jun 19, 2003 7:02 am

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Costs and Approach Disputed in Lincoln Center Redevelopment

ROBIN POGREBIN
NY Times

In resigning last week as chairman of the Lincoln Center redevelopment effort, the construction executive Peter M. Lehrer said in a letter: "How this project has been managed, along with its lack of openness and divisive management style, has undermined the ability for it to proceed in a timely, responsible and cost-efficient manner. Control and oversight as to how money is spent are woefully inadequate." <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/19/arts/music/19LINC.html target=_blank>more</a>

kurinuku · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:30 am

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Martins Suggests Modern Dance Troupe for Lincoln Center

By ROBIN POGREBIN
The New York Times
April 21, 2004

Peter Martins, the ballet master in chief of New York City Ballet, has suggested creating a modern dance company at Lincoln Center that would be the first new cultural organization there since Jazz at Lincoln Center was established in 1996.

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