Citizenship American Name Jed Bernstein | Role Theater Producer Siblings Douglas Bernstein | |
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Born March 27, 1955 New York City Occupation arts executive, theatrical producer Residence New York City, New York, United States Nephews Henry Bernstein, Timothy Bernstein Alma mater University of Pennsylvania, Yale School of Management Awards Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical Similar People Katherine G Farley, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Elie Hirschfeld, Norton Herrick | ||
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Jed Bernstein (; born March 27, 1955) is the former president of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, having served in this role since January 2014, when he replaced Reynold Levy. He resigned from his role on April 14, 2016 after the discovery that he had been in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member that he had twice promoted. Bernstein has extensive experience in theater producing, arts administration, and marketing and promotion.
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Career and education
Immediately before his time at Lincoln Center, Bernstein served as the producing director of the Bucks County Playhouse in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and as the president of Above the Title Entertainment, a theater and television production company and marketing consultancy.
From 1995 to 2006, Bernstein served as the president of The Broadway League, the national trade association for the commercial theater industry. Bernstein also served as an independent theater producer for such works as Driving Miss Daisy and the 2009 revival of the musical Hair, for which he received a Tony Award.
Bernstein started his career in the advertising industry, spending 15 years working on corporate accounts at firms that included Ally & Gargano, Wells Rich Greene, and Ogilvy & Mather. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Management, where he received an MBA, and the University of Pennsylvania.
The actress Ellen Foley is married to his brother, Douglas Bernstein.