Tuesday • January 12 • 6:30 PM at The Vivian Beaumont Theater: A Marvelous Compromise
Designed by architects Eero Saarinen and Gordon Bunshaft, Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater featured one of American theater's most advanced and flexible interiors, designed by Saarinen and famed set designer
Jo Mielziner. Architect
Hugh Hardy, AIA, founder of H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, was intimately involved in the theater's design and will present an insider's look at its creation. He will be joined by
Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer of
Lincoln Center Theater, and
Michael H. Yeargan, Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning set designer (A Light in the Piazza, South Pacific), for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities of creating successful theatrical works at the Beaumont. Presented in conjunction with Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future. Reservations required. $6 Museum members; $8 seniors and students; $12 non-members
Reservations and information:
212.534.1672, ext. 3395, or
www.mcny.org/public-programs/Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street | 212.534.1672 | www.mcny.org
