Are there too many little theater companies in America? Last month, that question was the shot heard round the theater world from National Endowment for the Arts Chair Rocco Landesman, a former Broadway producer. Landesman shocked the theater community by observing at a play development conference ...

Government budgets are slashing arts funding across the country so we asked our listeners to tell us about the cuts their communities face. Is "taxation equal to theft," as one listener wrote, or should the art funding go on?

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The brouhaha over budgets means arts funding remains on the chopping block across the country. What local artist or cultural institution is threatened by funding cuts in your hometown?  And what can — or should — be done about it?  Fill out our survey.

As the budget battle heats up, several states are looking to zero out arts funding. Last week Kansas got there first. Governor Sam Brownback abolished the Kansas Arts Commission. Kurt called up State Senator Roger Reitz — a Republican — who wants to save the Commission. The Governor's action, Reitz believes, is not a money-saver; he thinks it will actually hurt the state's economy.