WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. By John F. Bailey. August 4, 2003: The contract to operate the White Plains Performing Arts Center has been approved and signed today by Tony Stimac, according to Common Council President Benjamin Boykin.

On the afternoon of this evening's Common Council meeting when the Common Council is going to pass a resolution essentially funding the fledgling operations of the White Plains Performing Arts Center, Council President Benjamin Boykin confirmed for WPCNR that the long-negotiated contract with Tony Stimac to operate the Performing Arts Center now being constructed was some 60 pages in length, covered lease agreements, exit strategies, and relationships between the operator and the city. He said he assumed that Jeffrey Rosenstock, who was selected with Mr. Stimac to run the theatre, also signed with Mr. Stimac, but said he had not seen the contract. Boykin said he expected the contract, which he said followed the terms of the Memorandum of Agreement approved by the Common Council, to be made public "within a few days."

The White Plains Center for the Performing Arts also has appointed an Advisory Committee of luminaries including Rupert Holmes, Davis Shire, Jean Stapleton and Charles Strouse. A Founding Board of Trustees has also been named, and they include Louis R. Cappelli (builder of the City Center housing the theatre), Louis Fortunoff, Peter Gisondi, Sr., Thomas E. Hales, Jeffrey Rosenstock, Eli Schonberger, Mr. Stimac and Chauncy L. Walker. The Founding Board of Trustees according to the mission of the theatre is responsible for fund-raising for the operation.