They Told Me Not to Take That Job: Tumult, Betrayal, Heroics, and the Transformation of Lincoln Center

by Reynold Levy

Book Overview

When Reynold Levy became the new president of Lincoln Center in 2002, New York Magazine described the situation he walked in to as "a community in deep distress, riven by conflict." Ideas for the redevelopment of Lincoln Center's artistic facilities and public spaces required spending more than 1.2 billion, but there was no clear pathway for how to raise that kind of unprecedented sum. The individual resident organizations that were the key...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610393619
• ISBN13: 9781610393614
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"