Scott Rudin, George C. Wolfe & More to Bring New Performance Spaces to Proposed NYC Offshore Park?

According to the New York Times, several new performances spaces might be in the works for New York City's west side. There is a proposal for a $170 million park, which would be built on a multilevel platform 186 feet off the shoreline of the Hudson River, including "a series of wooded nooks and three performance venues, including an amphitheater." The park, to be called Pier 55, would replace Pier 54, a flat 875-foot structure that has been gradually sinking into the river.

Barry Diller, chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp and former head of Paramount Pictures and Fox, has agreed to provide $130 million to build the park, as well as cover its operating costs for 20 years. The remaining $39.5 million would come from the city, the state and the Hudson River Park Trust. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio will join Diller and the trust to formally announce the plan on Monday.

To oversee the park's performance venues, Mr. Diller has recruited film and theatre producer Scott Rudin; former producer of the Public Theater, George C. Wolfe; director and producer Stephen Daldry; and British theatre executive Kate Horton. The largest planned performance space would accommodate up to 1,000 people in seats and another 2,500 on a lawn, while other areas of the park would hold an 800-seat amphitheater and a small stage with 250 seats.

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