Word: fichlandar
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...when they told him he wouldn't be getting quite as much federal funding as he'd counted on for fiscal 1981. But then the administration froze funds that had already been promised, but not yet allocated. Of the $32 million originally frozen, only $6.6 million remain frozen, and Fichlandar says, it's a damn good thing. "Most of the money had already been spent before they froze it," he says. But having barely salvaged the last quarter of his season, Fichlandar now has to fight for next year's season...
...getting the full amount. I think it's a breach of promise on the part of the government to promise these funds, and then to arbitrarily pull back at the last minute. There's no way the private sector will be able to make up the slack," Fichlandar says...
Carl Schaeffer, treasurer and executive producer of the Actors' Studio, echoes Fichlandar's fears: "It has been proved in the past that the general public is unable to support the arts adequately, there is no common denominator in the arts--for example, the many varied styles of theater--as there is in rock music. Despite the incentives provided by the government in the form of a tax deductible contribution of up to 5 per cent toward the arts, statistics show that only 21/2 per cent of profits are channeled toward the arts on the average. Less than 1/2 per cent...
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