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The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, seen from the Lincoln Center Plaza.

The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, interior, as seen from the stage.

The New York State Theater is part of New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. The theater occupies the south side of the main plaza (at Columbus Avenue & 63rd Street) that it shares with the Metropolitan Opera House and Avery Fisher Hall (home of the New York Philharmonic). The New York State Theater is home to both New York City Ballet and New York City Opera. Image File history File linksMetadata New_York_City_Opera. ... Image File history File linksMetadata New_York_City_Opera. ... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (550x733, 70 KB) Summary Photograph of the interior of the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, New York, New York, taken on 12 February 2006 by Kevin Burdette and released into the public domain on 13 February 2006 by the... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (550x733, 70 KB) Summary Photograph of the interior of the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, New York, New York, taken on 12 February 2006 by Kevin Burdette and released into the public domain on 13 February 2006 by the... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World[1], Gotham Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area    - City 1,214. ... Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 15 acre (61,000 m²) complex of buildings in New York City which serves as home for 12 arts companies. ... Columbus Avenue is an avenue in New York Citys Upper West Side and is named after Christopher Columbus. ... The Metropolitan Opera is located at Lincoln Center in New York, New York. ... , Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center. ... The New York Philharmonic is the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States. ... Logo of the New York City Ballet The New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein originally known as the American Ballet. ... The New York City Opera (NYCO) is New York Citys second opera company (after the Metropolitan Opera). ...

The theater was designed by architect Philip Johnson and opened on April 23, 1964. Richard Rodgers was named President of the Music Theater of Lincoln Center, and during his tenure, many classic Broadway musicals were revived there, among them The King and I, Carousel (with its original star, John Raitt), Annie Get Your Gun (with its original star, Ethel Merman), Show Boat, and South Pacific. IDS Center in Minneapolis Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. ... An autographed photo of Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He wrote more than 900 published songs, and forty Broadway musicals. ... The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. ... A carousel in a summer festival in London, with traditional animal mounts, barley twist poles and fairy lights. ... John Emmett Raitt (January 19, 1917, Santa Ana, California, USA - February 20, 2005, Pacific Palisades, California) was a star of the musical theater stage. ... Annie Get Your Gun is a stage musical loosely based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. ... Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice and vocal range. ... Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (with the notable exception of Bill, which was originally written for Kern in 1918 by P. G. Wodehouse but reworked by Hammerstein for Show Boat). ... South Pacific is a musical play with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II that opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, and ran for more than five years. ...

The theater seats 2,755 and features continental style seating on the orchestra level, five “Rings” (balconies), faced with jewel-like lights and a large spherical chandelier in the center of the gold paneled ceiling. The lobby areas of the theater feature many examples of modern art.