LC's Platform Series Continues 3/26 With 'South Pacific'

 Lincoln Center Theater's Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, continues its 2007-2008 season on Wednesday, March 26, at 6:00 pm with a pre-performance talk with Bartlett Sher, the director of LCT's new production of "Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC."

Platform Series events take place between 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm, in the lobby of the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65th Street).   Admission is free and open to all; however, seating in the lobby is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis only, beginning at 6:00 pm. (Speakers and schedules are subject to change.  Call 212-362-7600 to confirm on the day of the event.).

Bartlett Sher received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for his direction of LCT's The Light in the Piazza as well as a Tony nomination for LCT's Awake and Sing!.  He also directed The Metropolitan Opera's acclaimed production of The Barber of Seville.  New York productions include Waste (2000 Obie Award Best Play), Cymbeline (2001 Callaway Award for Best Direction, Lortel and Drama Desk nominations, and first American Shakespeare production presented at the Royal Shakespeare Company), Don Juan, Pericles (BAM and TFANA).  He is the Artistic Director of Seattle's Intiman Theatre and has directed many productions there including the world premieres of Prayer for My Enemy and Singing Forest by Craig Lucas (both also Long Wharf Theatre) and Nickel and Dimed; plays by Chekhov, Wilder, Shakespeare, Goldoni and Tony Kushner.

Lincoln Center Theater's platform series was introduced in the summer of 1998.  Transcripts of the previous talks are available on-line at www.lct.org.