It looks like all of the initial chatter about Michael Dorf leading the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) was all for naught as news about theater producer Rocco Landesman appointment started popping up in newspapers and online. The 5/12/09 edition of the New York Times published the most comprehensive article about the appointment to date and they offered an intriguing glimpse into one particular quality that might make Landesman the right man for the job…
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If I Ran The NEA
Hopefully, you caught the article in the 4/27/2009 edition of the Los Angeles Times by Lisa Fung that asked 30 artists, politicians, and other familiar names and faces what they would do if they ran the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Although most of the responses are worth reading, it seemed that all of the responses fell short of addressing the potential power that could be wielded by the NEA if all the pieces came together (although the responses from Tim Robbins, Jon Robin Baitz, & Frank Gehry came close on a few accounts)…