YSD alumnus nominated to head NEA

Producer Is Chosen to Lead Arts Endowment
ROBIN POGREBIN New York Times 5/12/2009

Rocco Landesman, the colorful theatrical producer and race-track aficionado who brought hits like “Big River,” “Angels in America” and “The Producers” to Broadway, has been nominated as the next chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, the White House said on Tuesday.

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