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Article: Last call at Ming's and Betsy's Clambake: a chorus of voices celebrates the legacy of the annual stage design portfolio review at Lincoln Center.(Ming Cho Lee and Betsy Cho Lee)
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- American Theatre
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- January 1, 2009
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For almost two decades, Ming Cho Lee and his wife Betsy have put together a clamorous coming-out party for emerging designers. Held every spring at Lincoln Center, Ming's Clambake bears the official name of Stage Design Portfolio Review. During this two-day showing of porfolios, the brightest talents from the top design schools all over the country come to New York City to display and confer about their handiwork with Lee and other professional designers and teachers in the U.S.
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After this year's Memorial Day weekend, however, the Lees are calling it quits. "I am glad I won't be doing it again," says Betsy Lee, the main planner of ...