Reynold Levy News

Providing an opportunity to hear key leaders discussing significant issues facing American society, Lincoln Center's spoken word series Lincoln Center Dialogue will begin its second season today, October 3rd in the David Rubenstein Atrium. These programs take place over breakfast, welcoming early risers and inviting audiences to discover Lincoln Center well before curtains go up. The three conversations, moderated by the president of Lincoln Center, Reynold Levy, will focus on the challenges of leadership in the university, museum, and public policy arenas. WNET, WLIW and NJ Network will again air the Dialogues (check local listings for date and time). Members of the live audience in the intimate venue will have the opportunity to ask questions of the speakers.

Lincoln Center's six-year, $1.2 billion redevelopment project?completed on time and on budget?will be celebrated with the October 1 dedication ceremony for the final element of the center's transformation: The President's Bridge, named in honor of Reynold Levy, who has led Lincoln Center throughout this ambitious project. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is scheduled to join other distinguished guests in celebrating the bridge's opening and dedicating the donor wall that acknowledges the leading benefactors of Lincoln Center's redevelopment.

Reynold Levy, President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts since March 2002, will step down on December 31, 2013, after an 11-year tenure in which he ushered in a new era at Lincoln Center, announced Lincoln Center Chair Katherine Farley. Mr. Levy led the $1.2 billion critically-acclaimed physical transformation of the 16-acre campus to a successful conclusion, on time and on budget. Under Mr. Levy's leadership, both audience and community engagement have been expanded by utilizing innovative digital initiatives, free programming and new indoor and outdoor facilities. Altogether, more than $1.3 billion in contributed funds have been raised for Lincoln Center during Mr. Levy's tenure. He also developed new sources of revenue and produced an unbroken record of balanced and surplus budgets to fuel the operation of the world's largest, and America's first, performing arts center.

The third season of Lincoln Center's White Light Festival continues in November with "The Spirit of the Body," a work by dancer/choreographer Malavika Sarukkai showcasing her exquisite interpretations of South India's classical dance, Bharatanatyam. Accompanied by four musicians from Madras, India, the performances are presented in the intimate setting of the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

Lincoln Center has announced its upcoming events for October 2012.

Russell Granet, nationally known for his work in arts education, has been named Executive Director, Lincoln Center Institute (LCI), it was announced today by Reynold Levy, President, Lincoln Center. His appointment follows a five-month search for a successor to Scott Noppe-Brandon who will be stepping down at the end of August to pursue a new venture.

Providing an opportunity to hear key leaders discussing significant issues facing American society, Lincoln Center's spoken word series Lincoln Center Dialogue will begin its second season on October 3rd in the David Rubenstein Atrium. These programs take place over breakfast, welcoming early risers and inviting audiences to discover Lincoln Center well before curtains go up. The three conversations, moderated by the president of Lincoln Center, Reynold Levy, will focus on the challenges of leadership in the university, museum, and public policy arenas. WNET, WLIW and NJ Network will again air the Dialogues (check local listings for date and time). Members of the live audience in the intimate venue will have the opportunity to ask questions of the speakers.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is equated with music, opera, theater, jazz, dance, and has been a recurring iconic image used in Hollywood films past and present.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is equated with music, opera, theater, jazz, dance, and has been a recurring iconic image used in Hollywood films past and present. On Thursday, July 14th at 8pm ET (check local listings) on THIRTEEN, and again on Thursday, July 28th at 7pm ET (check local listings) on WLIW21, Patti LuPone, a Broadway icon and a graduate of the Drama Division of The Juilliard School, takes viewers on an architectural and historical tour of this famed New York City landmark, showcasing the newly transformed campus that welcomes visitors and performers every day of the year.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is equated with music, opera, theater, jazz, dance, and has been a recurring iconic image used in Hollywood films past and present.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is equated with music, opera, theater, jazz, dance, and has been a recurring iconic image used in Hollywood films past and present. On Thursday, July 14th at 8pm ET (check local listings) on THIRTEEN, and again on Thursday, July 28th at 7pm ET (check local listings) on WLIW21, Patti LuPone, a Broadway icon and a graduate of the Drama Division of The Juilliard School, takes viewers on an architectural and historical tour of this famed New York City landmark, showcasing the newly transformed campus that welcomes visitors and performers every day of the year.

Last night, October 14th, 2010, Sing for Hope (www.singforhope.org) presented its annual gala to raise awareness and support for Sing for Hope's programs that mobilize professional artists in volunteer service to benefit schools, hospitals and communities. The event also raised funds for the 2011 return of Sing for Hope Street Pianos, a public art installation that brought 60 upright pianos to the streets of New York this past summer, and embodies Sing for Hope's mission of making art available to all.

On October 14th, 2010, Sing for Hope (www.singforhope.org) will present its annual gala at 583 Park Avenue in New York City. The gala will raise awareness and support for Sing for Hope's programs that mobilize professional artists in volunteer service to benefit schools, hospitals and communities. The event will also raise funds for the 2011 return of Sing for Hope Street Pianos, a public art installation that brought 60 upright pianos to the streets of New York this past summer, and embodies Sing for Hope's mission of making art available to all.

On October 14th, 2010, Sing for Hope (www.singforhope.org) will present its annual gala at 583 Park Avenue in New York City. The gala will raise awareness and support for Sing for Hope's programs that mobilize professional artists in volunteer service to benefit schools, hospitals and communities. The event will also raise funds for the 2011 return of Sing for Hope Street Pianos, a public art installation that brought 60 upright pianos to the streets of New York this past summer, and embodies Sing for Hope's mission of making art available to all.

As part of its continuing mission to bring the arts into the communities of New York City, and to celebrate New York's rich ethnic and cultural diversity, the Young Patrons of Lincoln Center (YPLC) are hosting a dance party on Thursday, April 29 from 8:30 to 10:00 pm (Doors open at 7:30) at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse. The Bronx's own DJ D-Nice will spin a special set for the event.

As part of its continuing mission to bring the arts into the communities of New York City, and to celebrate New York's rich ethnic and cultural diversity, the Young Patrons of Lincoln Center (YPLC) are hosting a dance party on Thursday, April 29 from 8:30 to 10:00 pm (Doors open at 7:30) at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse. The Bronx's own DJ D-Nice will spin a special set for the event.

The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center officially opens to the public on December 17. The new space, open every day and located on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd streets, is a vibrant, new public visitors space and ticketing facility that is home to an array of programs, services, and amenities designed to welcome, inform, and entertain the thousands of people who visit Lincoln Center and its surrounding community every day.

Sing for Hope, a non-profit organization that mobilizes professional artists in volunteer service to benefit communities in need, announces The 2009 Songs for Our Future Honorees: 2009 Presidential Medal of Honor Recipient and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus, celebrated soprano and Metropolitan Opera star Renée Fleming, Academy Award winning actress and humanitarian activist Jane Fonda, and philanthropic leader and President of Lincoln Center Reynold Levy.

Lincoln Center's new civic space and urban arts facility, the David Rubenstein Atrium, officially opened today, Thursday, November 19. In celebration of this much anticipated opening, the organization hosted an all day community event with the help of Broadway legend Bernadette Peters that featured free music and dance performances, leading up to the inaugural Target Free Thursday performance, Sexteto Roderiguez and the Cuban-Jewish All Stars at 8:30pm. Broadwayworld was on hand to capture the experience for you!