They Told Me Not to Take that Job: Tumult, Betrayal, Heroics, and the Transformation of Lincoln Center (62 page)

New York Observer,
on Lincoln Center politics,
2

New York Philharmonic

    
Avery Fisher Hall, agreement with Lincoln Center for use of,
122

    
Avery Fisher Hall, delay in renovation of,
248–250

    
Avery Fisher Hall, dissatisfaction with,
134

    
Carnegie Hall, historic relationship with,
131–132

    
Carnegie Hall, proposed merger with,
13–14
,
68
,
121–128
,
130
,
133–134

    
current challenges of,
136–137

    
fund-raising deficiency,
128–129

    
in Great Performers series,
108

    
internal problems,
14–15
,
88–89

    
at Lincoln Center Festival,
108

    
operating deficits,
229

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

    
fashion shows at,
171

    
Historic Debuts at SAB’s Workshop 75
exhibit,
109

    
Lincoln Center: Celebrating 50 Years
exhibit,
109

    
Opera on the Air: The Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts
exhibit,
109

    
as part of the 65th Street Group,
70
,
72

New York State Theater (renamed David H. Koch Theater)

    
Balachine’s influence on,
67

    
dance performances in,
160

    
fashion shows in,
170–171

    
New York City Opera’s dissatisfaction with,
15
,
66–68
,
140–141
,
147

    
projection of
Slow Dancing
on,
62

    
renovation of,
151–152
,
200–201

New York Times

    
on Levy’s tenure at Lincoln Center,
247

    
on Lincoln Center redevelopment,
2
,
65
,
114

    
on Metropolitan Opera’s financial situation,
182
,
191

    
on Mostly Mozart Orchestra,
46

    
on need for renovation of Avery Fisher Hall,
251

    
on New York City Opera,
143
,
154

    
on New York Philharmonic’s proposed merger with Carnegie Hall,
123
,
130

    
on Susan Baker,
150–151

    
Tommasini, interview with,
153

    
on transformation of Alice Tully Hall,
87

New Yorker

    
on Lincoln Center redevelopment,
2–3
,
114

    
on Marclay’s
The Clock,
63

    
on Metropolitan Opera’s
Ring Cycle,
179

Newman, Arnold,
106

Nézet-Séguin, Yannick,
44
,
180

Nikolayevsky, Anna,
169

92nd Street Y,
5–7
,
26
,
225–226
,
253

Nixon, Richard,
231

Nonprofit institutions (third sector),
19
,
22
,
257–263

Obama, Barack,
203
,
228
,
232

Oestreich, James R.,
46

O’Hara, Kelli,
39

Ohlsson, Garrick,
52

Olney, Colette Elyse,
255

Olney, Eric,
255

Opera Bastille,
184

Oppenheimer, Martin J.,
143

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,
52

O’Rourke, Meghan,
63

Ouroussoff, Nicolai,
87

Ove-Andsnes, Leif,
44

Palmisano, Sam,
221

Paris Opera Ballet,
217

Park Avenue Armory,
54–56

Parr, Gary,
135
,
137
,
229
,
249
,
251

Parsons, Richard,
208–209

Paul Milstein Pool and Terrace,
38
,
51
,
59
,
75
,
171
,
299

Paulson, John,
201

Pavlick, Kathy,
86

Perahia, Murray,
52

Performing arts administrators, challenges of,
261

Pew Research Center, poll on dissatisfaction with big business and government,
20

Philharmonia Orchestra,
52

Philip Morris,
6

Phillips, Susanna,
44

Podell, Tamar,
64

Pogrebin, Robin,
2
,
123
,
130
,
150
,
210
,
247

Polisi, Joseph,
7
,
26
,
105
,
108
,
148

Polyglot Theatre,
51

Pountney, David,
54

Powell, Colin,
232

The President’s Bridge,
243

Prince, Hal,
153

Public Art Fund,
60
,
61

Quasthoff, Thomas,
52

Quinn, Christine,
48

Ramey, Samuel,
153

Redden, Nigel,
53
,
57
,
59
,
64
,
147
,
218
,
233

Remnick, David,
168

Renfro, Charles,
117

    
See also
Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Rice, Andrew,
2

Richardson, Elliot,
231

Rieske, Phillips,
191

Rivers, Larry,
60

Robertson, Cooper,
73

Robertson, David,
14

Robertson, Julian,
201

Robertson, Rebecca,
54
,
70

Rockefeller, John D.,
204

Rockefeller, John D. III,
106

Rockefeller, Nelson,
200

Rockwell, David,
77
,
106

Rockwell, John,
67

Romer, Christina,
232

Rose, Elihu,
54

Rose, Marshall,
1
,
163

Rose Theater,
54
,
72

Rosenthal, Lesley,
295

Ross, Alex,
3
,
46
,
154
,
179

Ross, Arthur,
241

Ross, Steve,
117

The Royal Opera,
184

The Royal Shakespeare Company,
55

Rubenstein, Alice,
207

Rubenstein, David,
81
,
82
,
100
,
205–206
,
207
,
244

Rubin, Dan,
102

Rubins, Nancy,
61

Rudel, Julius,
155
,
156

Rupp, George,
253

Saariaho, Kaija,
44

Saint Francois d’Assise
(Messiaen),
108

Salonen, Esa-Pekka,
52
,
180

Samuelsson, Marcus,
76
,
110
,
299

Sandberg, Sheryl,
255

Santayana,
131

Schafer, Oscar,
251

Schola Cantorum,
52

School of American Ballet,
17
,
70
,
72
,
75
,
78
,
83
,
160

Schumer, Chuck,
5

Schumpeter, Joseph,
157

Schwarz, Gerard,
41

Schwarzman, Stephen,
201
,
205

Scofidio, Ricardo,
73
,
117

Segal, Edith,
215

Segal, Martin E.,
215–217

Sellars, Peter,
45
,
108

Serra, Richard,
60

Sharp, Peter Jay,
199

Sher, Bartlett,
180

Silk Road Ensemble,
51

Sills, Beverly

    
accomplishments of,
198–199

    
on acoustics at New York State Theater,
140–141

    
birthday party for,
199–200

    
as director of New York City Opera,
198

    
friendship with Mayor Bloomberg,
209–211

    
husband and children of,
199

    
as Lincoln Center board chair,
1
,
2
,
3
,
7
,
42

    
mentioned,
277
,
284

    
as president of Metropolitan Opera,
15
,
69

Silver, Shelly,
200

Simon, Robert,
132

65th Street Group,
69–72
,
73
,
83
,
87

Smith, David,
59

Smith, Steve,
46

Solomon, Deborah,
134

Solomon, Howard,
68
,
88

Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey,
224

Sony Classical,
188

Sorensen, Ted,
209

Souter, David,
221

Southern, Hugh,
103

Spitzer, Eliot,
200

Steel, George,
140
,
146–152
,
156
,
223
,
230

Stein, Peter,
57

Stengel, Casey,
124–125

Stern, Isaac,
5–6

Sternberg, Carel,
226

Strickler, James,
227

Stringer, Scott,
100

Sullivan, Margaret,
257

Swartz, Steve,
295

Sydney Theater Company,
56

Synge, J. M.,
56

Tallis, Thomas,
62

Tallis Scholars,
45

Task Force on the New York City Fiscal Crisis,
26

Taymor, Julie,
108

Tcherniakov, Dmitri,
180

Teachout, Terry,
193

Tenet, George,
232

Tetzlaff, Christian,
52

Le Theatre de Soleil,
55

Third sector (nonprofit institutions),
19
,
22
,
257–263

Tianjin, China,
40

Tiffany, John,
56

Tilson Thomas, Michael,
14

Time Warner Center,
17
,
72

Tisch Illumination Lawn,
95
,
116

Tisch, Jon,
98

Tisch, Lizzie,
98

Toledo, Isabel,
172

Toledo, Rubin,
172

Tommasini, Anthony,
46
,
67
,
87
,
114
,
152–155

Tony Awards,
17

Trump, Donald,
112

Trustees/boards of directors

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