The Louisville Courier-Journal’s Elizabeth Kramer reports the revival of the culture wars: The Republican Study Committee (headed by U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio) delivered its Spending Reduction Plan that “seeks to cut $2.5 trillion from the federal budget, including funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Last year, the two received $167.5 million.” Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is eying the Corporation for Public Broadcasting:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110130/SCENE05/301300050/1011/rss05

The New York Times reported that NEA chief Rocco Landesman “set the theatrical blogosphere abuzz with his comments about supply and demand at the nation’s regional theaters. (Too much supply, not enough demand.):

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/curtain-down-heads-up-is-there-such-a-thing-as-too-much-theater/

From London’s Guardian: The British Council launches Gulf Stage, a new project made in association with Digital Theatre. “Gulf Stage allows audiences around the world to access filmed recordings of six productions from young companies hailing from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. All the productions have English subtitles and are free this year:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2011/jan/31/theatre-windows-world-gulf-stage

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