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Q:

Is that because, why is that?

Heiskell:

Well, I keep saying, “There's a piece missing here.”

Q:

What's a piece?

Heiskell:

The piece is a person who stands out and really represents the Beaumont Lincoln Center Theatre to all people and who is a persona, a meaningful persona, who makes this his number one job. Number one job. He's gonna give his all to it. At the Library, Gregorian and I give our all to it. At the Metropolitan Bank, Dillon gave his all to it. And he was a persona and he gave his all to it. Well Paley, I guess at the MOMA has-

Q:

And Blanchette-

Heiskell:

And Blanchette have done that.

Q:

But what-

Heiskell:

And they are well known. And it's their number one interest. And we don't have that.

Q:

To take the question one step further, could an underlying cause for that lack of persona be that the institution itself doesn't have a clear vision of what it is, or what it should be? Is that why it





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