Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - Other associated and local theatres and facilities, Resident Organizations, Architects, Historical events

A group of theatres, recital halls, etc erected to the W of Broadway, New York City, USA. The complex, constructed chiefly in the 1960s, principally comprises the New York State Theater, Avery Fisher Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, Vivian Beaumont Theater, Alice Tully Hall, the Juilliard School for the Performing Arts, and the Library and Museum of the Performing Arts.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 16.3 acre (61,000 m²) complex of buildings in New York City which serves as home for 12 arts organizations: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center Theater, The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, New York Philharmonic, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, School of America Ballet, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. In 2004 Lincoln Center was expanded through the addition of Jazz at Lincoln Center's newly built facilities (Frederick P. In March 2006 Lincoln Center launched construction on a major redevelopment plan that will modernize, renovate, and open up the Lincoln Center campus in time for its 50th anniversary celebration in 2009.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (also called "Lincoln Center Presents" or LCPA) is one of the 12 resident organization listed above, and serves three primary roles: presenter of artistic progrmming, national leader in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. Its programs include American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and the Emmy Award-winning Live From Lincoln Center.

In March 2006, and continuing through 2009, Lincoln Center launched the 65th Street Project, a redevelopment plan to create a new pedestrian promenade designed to improve accessibility and the aesthetics of that area of the campus. home stage of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall – 2,738-seat symphony hall; originally constructed to be the home stage of the New York City Ballet, now also serves as home to the New York City Opera Vivian Beaumont Theater – 1,080-seat Broadway-style theater operated since 1985 as the main stage of Lincoln Center Theater. Previously occupied by The Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center (1965-1973) and The New York Shakespeare Festival (1973-1977). Newhouse Theater (originally known as the Forum) – intimate 299-seat theater operated by Lincoln Center Theater for its Off-Broadway-style productions The Walter Reade Theatre – 268-seat movie theater; features a raised dais used for post-screening filmmaker discussions Jazz at Lincoln Center, while a part of Lincoln Center, is located separately in the Frederick P. part of Jazz at Lincoln Center's facilities Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola – nightclub-style venue in the Jazz at Lincoln Center facility; Irene Diamond Education Center – rehearsal, recording, and classroom facility at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Other associated and local theatres and facilities

Church of St. Ignatius Loyola – Catholic Church located on Park Avenue between 83rd and 84th Streets on the Upper East Side; used by Lincoln Center for its great acoustics and its pipe organ (allowing expanded organ repertoire, since the Metropolitan Opera House and Alice Tully Hall are the only other venues with a pipe organ) Clark Studio Theater – 120-seat dance theater; part of the facilities of the Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education Damrosch Park – outdoor amphitheater with bowl-style stage known as the Guggenheim Band Shell, used for free Lincoln Center Out of Doors presentations Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Rehearsal Studio – rehearsal studio of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center The Gerald W. used for the Lincoln Center Festival and Great Performers series Josie Robertson Plaza – central plaza of Lincoln Center featuring its iconic fountain; used as an outdoor venue during Midsummer Night Swing and Lincoln Center Out of Doors presentations Juilliard Drama Theater Juilliard School – facility housing the school of the same name; building also incorporates Alice Tully Hall, Morse Recital Hall, Paul Recital Hall, the Juilliard Drama Theater, and the Juilliard Theater Juilliard Theater (now the Peter J. Art and Performing Arts, located across Amsterdam Avenue from Lincoln Center La Guardia Drama Theater – drama theater in the same school Morse Recital Hall – recital hall within the Juilliard School New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Paul Recital Hall – recital hall within the Juilliard School Pope Auditorium - theater located in Leon Lowenstein Hall of Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus (located across West 62nd Street from Lincoln Center) Stanley H. was also used for jazz performances prior to the construction of the new Jazz at Lincoln Center facilities

Resident Organizations

Lincoln Center houses several cultural companies and institutions, including:

American Ballet Theatre The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center The Film Society of Lincoln Center (sponsor of the New York Film Festival) Jazz at Lincoln Center The Juilliard School Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., also called "Lincoln Center Presents" Lincoln Center Theater Metropolitan Opera New York City Ballet New York City Opera New York Philharmonic The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts School of American Ballet

Architects

Architects who designed buildings at Lincoln Center include:

Max Abramovitz - Avery Fisher Hall Pietro Belluschi - The Juilliard School (including Alice Tully Hall) Gordon Bunshaft - The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Wallace Harrison - Master plan & Metropolitan Opera House Philip Johnson - New York State Theater Eero Saarinen - Vivian Beaumont Theater

Historical events

April 21, 1955 - Lincoln Square designated for urban renewal. June 22, 1956 - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. April 6, 1964 - Lincoln Center Fountain opened. October 18, 2004 - Jazz at Lincoln Center opened. March 2006 - Preliminary construction on the West 65th Street Project begins June 8, 2006 - Plans for Lincoln Center to transform the nearby Harmony Atrium into a public space for the arts open to the public, neighbors, students, and Lincoln Center patrons are announced. June 12, 2006 - The Lincoln Center Promenade initiative to revitalize Lincoln Center's Columbus Avenue frontage and the iconic Josie Robertson Plaza is unveiled.