New York City Center has announced that current Encores! Resident Director Lear deBessonet will take over as the program's artistic director next season. She will replace Jack Viertel, who announced in July that he would be stepping down after two decades as artistic director. deBessonet will work alongside Viertel throughout 2020 and assume her new role beginning with the 2021 Encores! season. Viertel said, "…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PM on October 29, 2019