Broadway Producer Jed Bernstein to Take Over as Lincoln Center President, January 2014

According to the Associated Press, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has selected its new president -- Broadway producer Jed Bernstein. Bernstein will replace current leader Reynold Levy.

"The chance to lead the next phase of Lincoln Center's evolution is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Bernstein said in a statement.

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Bernstein will leave his post as producing director of Bucks County Playhouse beginning January 2014.

After 11 years as President of the League of American Theatres and Producers, now the Broadway League, Bernstein launched Above The Title Entertainment, a theatre/television Production Company and marketing consultancy that combines his skills at marketing and promotion with his love for the theatre. While at the League, Jed provided leadership in developing such industry wide programs as: Kids' Night on Broadway, the Internet Broadway Data Base, and a corporate sponsorship program that generated $150mm+ of cash and measurable media support over eight years. Jed also played a central role in the industry's response to the events of 9/11.

Above the Title Entertainment projects have included the Off-Broadway critically acclaimed musical revue, Don't Quit Your Night Job; the 7-time Tony Award nominated Passing Strange, the smash revival of Equus, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths; David Mamet's highly praised Oleanna, starring Julia Stiles and Bill Pullman; the Tony Award-winning revival of Hair; Stephen Schwartz's newly re-imagined Working in Chicago; and the Broadway and West End hit Driving Miss Daisy starring Vanessa Redgrave, James Earl Jones, and Boyd Gaines; and Rated P: For Parenthood.

He co-produced Grace, by award-winning writer Craig Schwartz, starring Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon, and Ed Asner. Mr. Bernstein is in his sixth year as executive director of the Commercial Theater Institute, a training program for young producers. He also serves on the board of The Actors Fund and was appointed to the Theatre Authority by Mayor Bloomberg.