Lincoln Center Theater is constructing a new theater, plus rehearsal and office space on the roof of the Beaumont. The theater, to be named the Claire Tow Theater, will become the home of LCT3. Anticipated completion date is late 2011-early 2012.

Currently, all LCT3 shows are playing at The Duke on 42nd Street.

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The 23,000 square foot, two-story addition will house a 131-seat theater and dressing rooms, as well as much needed rehearsal and office space for the LCT staff and an outdoor terrace surrounded by a green roof.

The theater will be named The Claire Tow Theater, in honor of the wife of longtime LCT Board Member Leonard Tow, recognizing the Tow Foundation's outstanding leadership support. It will become the home of LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater's programming initiative dedicated to producing the work of new artists and the development of new audiences.

The new addition is designed by renowned architect Hugh Hardy of H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture LLC and is intended to be LEED Silver certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. It will mark a homecoming of sorts for Mr. Hardy who early in his career worked on the design of the Vivian Beaumont Theater as the assistant to Jo Mielziner who, with architect Eero Saarinen, designed the Lincoln Center structure that also houses the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

Lincoln Center Theater has established a Capital Campaign to fund the construction cost as well as to provide endowment and operating funds for LCT3 programming in the new theater. For information about supporting the Capital Campaign, including naming opportunities, please contact LCT's Director of Development, Hattie Jutagir, at 212-501-3250 or Jutagir@lct.org.