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curved white marble stairs, production of Samuel Beckett’s media company Time Warner
red carpeting, and exquisite Waiting for Godot. The complex has its headquarters in an
starburst crystal chandeliers also houses the New York Public 80-story skyscraper. The
that are raised to the ceiling Library for the Performing Arts, 2.8 million sq ft (260,000 sq m)
just before each performance. which has exhibits including building provides a retail, enter-
All the greats have sung here, audio cylinders of early Met tainment, and restaurant facility.
including Maria Callas, Jessye performances and original scores Facilities include shops such as
Norman, and Luciano Pavarotti. and playbills. Hugo Boss, Williams-Sonoma,
First nights are glittering, star- and Whole Foods Market; dining
studded occasions. at Per Se and Masa; and a
The Guggenheim Bandshell, 6 David Geffen Hall Mandarin Oriental hotel.
in Damrosch Park next to the Lincoln Center. Map 11 C2. Tel (212) The Time Warner Center is
Met, is a popular concert site. 875-5030. q 66th St. 7 8 0 = also home to Jazz at the Lincoln
The high point of the season is See Entertainment pp344–5. Center. The three venues here –
the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors ∑ nyphil.org the Appel Room, the Rose
Festival, which takes place over Theater, and Dizzy’s Club
three weeks in August and Located at the northern end of Coca-Cola – together with a
features global music, dance, the Lincoln Center Plaza, Avery jazz hall of fame and education
and spoken-word performances, Fisher Hall is home to America’s center, comprise the world’s
all for free. oldest orchestra, the New York first performing-arts facility
Philharmonic. It also provides a dedicated to jazz.
stage for some of the Lincoln Other notable buildings in
Center’s own performers, and Columbus Circle include Hearst
the Mostly Mozart Festival. House, designed by British
When the venue opened in architect Lord Norman Foster,
1962 as the Philharmonic Hall, Trump International Hotel, the
critics initially complained about Maine Monument, and the eye-
the acoustics. Several structural catching Museum of Arts and
modifications, how ever, have Design, formerly the American
rendered the hall an acoustic Craft Museum.
gem, comparing favorably with
other great classical concert
halls around the world. For 8 Hotel des Artistes
Concert at Guggenheim Bandshell, a small fee, the public can 1 W 67th St. Map 12 D2. Tel (212) 877-
Damrosch Park, near the Met attend open rehearsals on 3500 (café). q 72nd St.
some Thursday mornings in
5 Lincoln Center the 2,738-seat auditorium. Built in 1918 by George Mort
Pollard, these two-story
Theater apartments were intended to
7 Columbus Circle
Lincoln Center. Map 11 C2. Tel (212) be working artists’ studios, but
362-7600 (Beaumont and Newhouse), Columbus Circle, New York. Map 12 they have attracted a variety of
(212) 870-1630 (Library). 800-432 7250 D3. q 59th St. Concerts (212) 258- famous tenants, including
(tickets). q 66th St. 7 8 0 = See 9800. ∑ jazz.org Alexander Woollcott, Norman
Entertainment pp344–5. ∑ lct.org Rockwell, Isadora Duncan,
Presiding over this urban plaza Rudolph Valentino, and Noël
Three theaters make up this at the corner of Central Park Coward. The base of the
innovative complex, where is a marble statue of explorer building’s facade is decorated
eclectic and often experimental Christopher Columbus, perched with figures of artists.
drama is presented. The theaters on top of a tall granite column
are the 1,000-seat Vivian in the center of a fountain
Beaumont, the 280-seat Mitzi E. and plantings. The statue is
Newhouse, and the 112-seat one of the few remaining
Claire Tow. Works by some of original features in this
New York’s best modern circle – it has become
playwrights have featured at the one of the largest
Beaumont. Among these was building projects
Arthur Miller’s After the Fall, the in all of New
theater’s inaugural performance York’s history.
in 1962. Multi-use
The size of the Newhouse skyscrapers have
suits workshop-style plays, but been erected,
it can still make the news with attracting national
theatrical gems such as Robin and international
Williams and Steve Martin in a businesses. Global Decorative figure on the Hotel des Artistes

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