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Funding-conscious NEA makes too-safe choice: Shakespeare.(The Dallas Morning News)
Byline: Tom Sime
Everybody ducketh _ the National Endowment for the Arts is carpet-bombing the country with Shakespeare.
The result will no doubt be continued life for the federal arts funding agency, which further entrenches its unwavering commitment to security _ its own _ with this plan to bring William Shakespeare's plays to 100 "small to mid-size" cities and 1,000 schools across our pentameter-deprived country.
But there could be collateral damage for the theatergoers of the future, who may choke on the resulting cloud of toxic boredom.
Could that be the reason why Jack Valenti, president and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, is one of the initiative's honorary chairs? This could help doom a pesky rival of the movie business once and for all.
"Shakespeare in American Communities," a joint project with the regional arts agency Arts Midwest, started in September and continues through November ...
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- Magazine article from: PR Week (US) May 3, 2004 700+ words
...Washington, DC) Campaign: Shakespeare in American Communities...to the masses - the NEA created Shakespeare in American Communities...Strategy Edelman and the NEA planned to promote...boundaries to make Shakespeare's work exciting to...
- Funding-conscious NEA makes too-safe choice: Shakespeare.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) September 25, 2003 700+ words
...city? No. The NEA is simply doing...does: putting on Shakespeare's plays to attract...leadership of the NEA, Dana Gioia talked about the Shakespeare initiative as part...willing to endorse Shakespeare. The NEA could use its
- SHAKESPEARE COMPANY GAINS $5,000 NEA GRANT.(LIFE & LEISURE)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) June 19, 1994 700+ words
ALBANY The Albany Shakespeare Co., the Capital Region's only free professional Shakespeare company, has been awarded a grant from the...seventh at the Washington Park Parade Grounds. NEA funds have been limited by cuts since 1980...
- Shakespeare Repertory Knows Value of NEA Grant
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Adrienne Drell December 11, 1994 700+ words
...and director of the Shakespeare Repertory Theater...could lose an $8,000 NEA grant if incoming House...for our next play, Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida...politician in America to ban Shakespeare." Helms (R-N...a frequent critic of NEA-funded programs...
- This Is NEA Country; Hardee Endorsements in Rural Virginia
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Ralph Alan Cohen February 12, 1995 700+ words
...Last year, the NEA gave the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express $5,000...t associate the NEA with kids learning to love Shakespeare. That's because...its way from the NEA to a man whose...story: Our little Shakespeare company got $5...
- NEA gets more money for 2004.(Artworld)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Art in America December 1, 2003 700+ words
...additional funding will support the NEA's Challenge America initiative...Included in the initiative are the Shakespeare in American Communities and Jazz...million allocation for the NEA to bring its Shakespeare program to U.S. military bases...
- NEA RECOGNIZES APT.(LIFESTYLE)
- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) May 25, 2005 700+ words
...will open its 26th season in June. The award is part of the third phase of NEA's initiative "Shakespeare in American Communities" and the second year of "Shakespeare for a New Generation." The number of companies involved in the program...
- For Arena, An NEA Boost
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Jacqueline Trescott; Eric Brace July 25, 1994 700+ words
...grants announced today by the NEA, Arena will receive $200,000...Other local theaters receiving NEA support include the Shakespeare Theatre ($54,000), GALA...Arena and went to Broadway. As NEA chairman, Alexander often speaks...