{"product_id":"command-performance-an-actress-in-the-theater-of-politics-9780306810442","title":"Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics","description":"Jane Alexander had never been involved in mainstream politics and was happily engaged in her acting career when she was asked to consider becoming head of the embattled National Endowment for the Arts in the early 1990s. When, during her first visit to the Hill, Senator Strom Thurmond barked at her, You gonna fund pornography? she knew it would be a rough ride. Nothing had quite prepared her for the role of madame chairman. Her tenure coincided with the ascent of the infamous 104th Congress, presided over by Speaker Newt Gingrich, and its campaign to eliminate the Endowment completely. In \u003ci\u003eCommand Performance, \u003c\/i\u003e Alexander brings a Washington outsider's perspective and an actor's eye for the telling human detail to an anecdote-filled story of the art of politics and the politics of art. And at the start of a new administration in Washington, she reminds us why we need art and why government should be in the business of supporting it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 5.96w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306810442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2001 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e has starred in dozens of movies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Great White Hope, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Eleanor and Franklin, Testament\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cider House Rules\u003c\/i\u003e. She was chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1993 to 1997. She lives in New York State.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40078490599539,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d7020c18-c165-4e73-816f-f878693b4a28.jpg?v=1652191480","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/command-performance-an-actress-in-the-theater-of-politics-9780306810442","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}