Actors Equity
Actors’ Equity Issues Strike Threat for Broadway National Tours (Exclusive)
Actors’ Equity has issued a strike threat against The Broadway League. The union, which represents more than 51,000 stage managers and actors, has been bargaining with The Broadway League, which represents industry producers, presenters and general managers, since mid-January to create a new touring contract. Now, Actors’ Equity has authorized executive director Al Vincent Jr., […]
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Actors’ Equity Launches Political Action Committee Ahead of 2024 Election (Exclusive)
Actors’ Equity Association is forming its own political action committee. The union for more than 51,000 stage managers and actors will be launching the PAC in the first week of April, with the goal of contributing money to federal candidates who support Actors’ Equity priorities. These include more arts funding, expanded health care coverage, protecting […]
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Actors’ Equity Association Considers a Name Change
Actors’ Equity Association is considering a name change. The union said Thursday that it is seeking proposals for a potential new name and rebranding that would demonstrate that it also represents stage managers and other performers, in addition to actors. The proposal comes after Equity’s national council voted to adopt the resolution at the union’s […]
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Inside Actors’ Equity’s Stripper Union Organizing Effort: “They Are Our Siblings in the Labor Movement”
“Strippers united, will never be divided!” For months, dancers at North Hollywood’s Star Garden Topless Dive Bar have picketed the Lankershim Boulevard club, claiming that dancers there have experienced retaliatory job terminations, unsafe working conditions and compensation problems. They’ve repeatedly staked out the sidewalk in front of the bar, holding signs, wearing costumes, cheering cars […]
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Actors’ Equity to Add Producer Garth Drabinsky to “Do Not Work” List After ‘Paradise Square’ Cast Speaks Out (Exclusive)
Actors’ Equity said it plans to put producer Garth Drabinsky on the “Do Not Work” list after Paradise Square castmembers sent a letter speaking out against him. In a letter sent to Actors’ Equity, and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, the actors and stage managers of the show asked for Drabinsky to be put on […]
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Actors’ Equity Expands ‘Waitress’ Unionizing Fight to Entire Broadway Touring Industry (Exclusive)
Actors’ Equity has changed tactics in its fight for unionization of a Waitress tour and is now vowing to take on more of the Broadway touring industry. On Thursday, the union withdrew its election petition with the National Labor Relations Board, in which the union sought to represent members of a non-Equity touring production of Waitress. […]
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Broadway’s Vaccine Requirement for Actors Kept In Place Through June
The vaccine requirement for Broadway actors remains through at least June 2022, as part of updated COVID-19 safety protocols issued to industry members on Wednesday. After modifying a few theater safety protocols, Actors’ Equity and the Broadway League, the trade association of producers and theater owners, left unchanged the vaccination requirement for stage managers and […]
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Theater Industry “Fell Short” on Diversity and Inclusion Promises in 2020, Union Finds
The theater industry “fell short” on fulfilling diversity and inclusion promises in 2020, a new report from theater performer and stage manager union Actors’ Equity finds. In their third diversity and inclusion hiring bias report, released Thursday, Actors’ Equity scrutinized internal data on members that were hired under Equity contracts in 2020 and the compensation […]
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Performers’ Unions “Demand Action” on Workplace Harassment Allegations Amid Scott Rudin Claims
Days after The Hollywood Reporter's story on producer Scott Rudin, leaders from SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity and American Federation of Musicians Local 802 said in a joint statement that "every corporate Board of Directors should be deeply alarmed" by "credible" harassment reports.
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SAG-AFTRA, IATSE Declare Support for Actors Equity Strike As Union Warns Off Strikebreakers
SAG-AFTRA and IATSE declared support for an Actors Equity strike seeking a share of profits for actors who help develop successful new Broadway plays, especially musicals.
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Musicians Union Declares Support for Actors Strike Over Share of Broadway Profits
The NY Local of the musicians union on Wednesday declared its support for an Actors Equity strike seeking a share of profits for its members who help develop successful new Broadway plays, especially musicals.
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Actors Equity on Strike for Share of Record Broadway Profits
Actors Equity is seeking a share of profits for its members who help develop successful new plays, especially musicals.
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