They Told Me Not to Take that Job: Tumult, Betrayal, Heroics, and the Transformation of Lincoln Center (61 page)
Authors: Reynold Levy
The Secret History of the Mongols,
58
Ta’ziyeh,
58
Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes,
58
Uncle Vanya
(Chekhov),
56
Vietnamese water puppets,
58
The Winter’s Tale
(Shakespeare),
55
Writing to Vermeer
(Greenaway),
58
As You Like It
(Shakespeare),
55
Lincoln Center Out of Doors,
51
Lincoln Center Theater
Claire Tow Theater, creation of,
75
,
78
as member of 65th Street Group,
70
,
72
Metropolitan Opera, collaboration with,
109
new entrances and exits for,
85
Tony Awards,
17
Lincoln Center Theater, productions of
Coast of Utopia
(Stoppard),
17
Contact
(Stroman and Weidman),
17
Golden Boy
(Odets),
17
The Light in the Piazza
(Lucas and Guettel),
17
Other Desert Cities
(Baitz),
17
South Pacific
(Rodgers and Hammerstein),
17
War Horse
(Stafford),
17
Lincoln Center University,
300
Lincoln Ristorante,
38
,
95
,
110
,
171
,
299
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program,
109
List, Albert,
60
List, Vera,
60
Live From Lincoln Center,
24
,
110
,
243–244
Lizzie and John Tisch Media Wall,
98
Lombardi, Vince,
277
London Symphony Orchestra,
52
Lord, Winston,
227
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art,
257–258
Los Angeles Philharmonic,
52
Los Angeles Times,
on transformation of Alice Tully Hall,
87
Lourd, Bryan,
239
Luisi, Fabio,
180
Maazel, Lorin,
14
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124
,
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135
,
229
Macaulay, Alistair,
46
MacDonald, Dwight,
258
Machiavelli,
23
Malkin, Peter,
295
Mallis, Fern,
169
Manganiyar Seduction,
52
Marclay, Christian,
62
Mark and Bruce (car mechanics),
269
Mark Morris Dance Company, productions of
Dido Aeneas,
45
L’Allegro, Il Penseroso ed il Moderato,
45
Mozart Dances,
45
Marsalis, Wynton,
16–17
,
105
,
108
,
218
Martin E. Segal Award,
216
Martins, Peter,
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105
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108
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147
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158–159
Marx, Karl,
146
McVicar, David,
180
Mehta, Zarin,
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133–135
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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Anna Wintour, advice from,
168–170
Gelb’s complaints about,
172–173
impact of on local community,
175–176
move from Bryant Park to Lincoln Center,
165–167
revenue from,
36
Wolkoff as fashion ambassador,
170–171
Mercury Marquis,
27–29
,
38
,
86
,
252–253
,
269–270
Messiaen, Olivier,
108
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
203
Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala,
170
Metropolitan Opera
annual operating budget,
177
artistic productivity,
178
board of directors, challenges for,
194
Chagall tapestries, as loan collateral,
181–182
employees,
177–178
expenses,
181
financial difficulties of,
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68–69
,
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,
192–194
Gelb’s excuses for financial situation,
184–185
labor negotiations,
189–190
Levy’s financial advice for,
192–193
at Lincoln Center Festival,
108
movie simulcasting,
179
obstructionist policy of,
88
revenue enhancement suggestions for,
187
ticket prices,
180–181
unionized workforce, reaction to financial situation,
185–188
Metropolitan Opera, productions of
Don Carlo
(Verdi),
180
Falstaff
(Verdi),
180
Le Compte Ory
(Rossini),
179
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini),
179
Maria Stuarda
(Donizetti),
180
The Nose
(Shostakovich),
179
Parsifal
(Wagner),
180
Prince Igor
(Borodin),
180
Ring Cycle
(Wagner),
179
Tosca
(Puccini),
179
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra,
109
,
180
Michalek, David,
62
Midsummer Night Swing,
49–50
Miller, Jonathan,
45
Milnes, Sherrill,
153
Milstein, Philip,
250
Minghella, Anthony,
179
Mitchell, Katie,
108
Mitsui & Co.,
40
Mnouchkine, Ariane,
55
Moore, Henry,
59
Morgan Stanley Lobby,
76
Morris, William (Bill),
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,
173
Mortier, Gerard,
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144
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223
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230
Moss, Jane
leadership qualities of,
147
,
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,
233
selection of music director for Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra,
42–46
suggested artistic initiatives for Avery Fisher Hall,
123
White Light Festival, creation of,
51–52
Mostly Mozart Festival, operas staged at
Cosi fan Tutte
(Mozart),
45
Don Giovanni
(Mozart),
44
A Flowering Tree
(Adams),
44
Il Re Pastore
(Mozart),
45
Laide
(Mozart),
45
Le Nozze di Figaro
(Mozart),
44
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra,
41–46
,
249
Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center,
258
Mubarak, Hosni,
222
Mueller, Robert,
231
Municipal Arts Society,
101
Munk, Nina,
182–183
Murphy, Tom,
56
Muschamp, Herbert,
87
Muti, Riccardo,
180
Myerson, Bess,
198
Nadel, Jack,
226
Nathan Cummings Foundation,
259
Nevelson, Louise,
60
New Orleans Musicians Village,
40
New York Choreographic Institute,
109
New York City Ballet
Balanchine, design of New York State Theater and,
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140
,
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evolution of interest in redevelopment,
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88
impact of NYC Opera’s dissolution on,
157–158
Kathy Brown, as executive director,
159–160
management and governance of,
159–160
New York City Ballet Orchestra,
109
New York City Center,
56
New York City Council,
74
New York City Economic Development Corporation,
166
New York City Opera
Anna Nicole,
performance of,
155
dissatisfaction with New York State Theater,
15
George Steel, as director of,
140
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146–152
,
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,
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irresponsible management of,
230
as itinerant company,
151–155
Mortier, selection of as director,
144
Paul Kellogg, as director,
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15
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search for new home,
15
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66–68
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New York Magazine
on Cardiff’s
Forty-Part Motet,
62–63
on Lincoln Center redevelopment,
2
on Mortier,
144–145
on New York City Opera,
155