Lincoln Center Responds

Studio 360

In last week’s show, we reported on the controversy over Lincoln Center Theater’s decision to hire a white director to stage August Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” We also mentioned that Lincoln Center hadn’t hired a black theater director in 18 years. Andr Bishop, artistic director of the Lincoln Center Theater, responds.

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