The stately institutions around Lincoln Center's plaza are monuments to 19th-century forms. Ballet. Opera. Boulevard plays. That's worth remembering as we build our expectations for this year's Lincoln Center Festival, the annual three-week presenting series starting July 7. Summertime is an extension of Lincoln Center's year-round classical ethos, and when it comes to theater, that generally means no wild experiments. Each year, on the whole, festival artistic director Nigel Redden chooses current works from well-established, relatively traditional theater-makers. In seasons past, we've encountered Ta'ziyeh theater from Iran, Kabuki theater from Japan's legendary Heisei Nakamura-za, and German operas with sets so huge that they required off-site... More >>>