08.18.2009 1:44 am

Rocco does Peoria

St. Louis-born Rocco Landesman is coming home to the Central Time Zone. The recently confirmed Director of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) smeared Peoria theater, and by extension all small-town theater, in a pre-confirmation interview with New York…

Tags: Eastlight Theater, Henry Gates, Kathy Chitwood, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Peoria, President Obama, Robin Pogrebin, rocco landesman, Sgt. James Crowley, Stake 'n Shake, theater

08.11.2009 2:10 am

Update on NEA director Rocco Landesman

By David Bonetti

When Rocco Landesman was appointed director of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), I asked rhetorically if we couldn’t do better than have a commercial producer of Broadway musicals be our national arts’ czar, however limited a job that is considering its…

Tags: Broadway theater, Crystal Palace, Gaslight Square, Lee Rosenbaum, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, New York Times, Peoria, Robin Pogrebin, rocco landesman, St. Louis Repertory Theater

Rocco does Peoria

Update on NEA director Rocco Landesman

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