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Actors’ Equity Ceases Development Contracts As Negotiations With Producers Stall
Actors’ Equity Association, the labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, will cease issuing contracts for work on productions in development as negotiations with the Broadway League have stalled. “We never wanted it to come to this,” said Equity Negotiating Team Chair Stephen Bogardus in a statement, “but […]
“We never wanted it to come to this,” said Equity Negotiating Team Chair Stephen Bogardus in a statement, “but the wage package put across the table by The Broadway League was just plain unacceptable. Equity’s announcement comes just a day after Brooke Shields, its newly elected president, made her public debut with an appearance on the Tony Awards to introduce the ceremony’s In Memoriam segment. The Musical!, Harmony, The Heart of Rock and Roll, How to Dance in Ohio, Lempicka, The Notebook, Once Upon a One More Time, The Outsiders, Suffs, Water for Elephants and The Wiz.
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