He’s interested. He’s not interested. And yet, he’s still in the running. According to former NYCO honcho Mark Weinstein, “…the embattled company will appoint George Steel, the former director of Columbia University’s Miller Theater, to the [director] position in early January.” Need I add that Susan Baker hasn’t answered the phone in days? Now, La Cieca loves a mystery as much as the next gal, but this is cloak-and-dagger taken to an extreme of absurdity. Your doyenne will now go on record with a prediction that the new director will be Colonel Mustard in the conservatory, with the lead pipe.  Get off the fucking pot, NYCO. [via New York]

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