Tag: Actors’ Equity
‘We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay!’ (Or, ‘Don’t Pay Artists!’)
If you won't pay artists -- or respect HR laws on exempt and non-exempt employees -- maybe you don't deserve our donations.
Death of ‘Chicago’ Actor Jeff Loeffelholz: Updates, Debates
Who has legal standing to know the results of an investigation? What about a moral imperative?
In ‘Lab’ Strike Against B’way, Is Actors’ Equity Overreaching?
Writers disrespected...non-union actors bullied...Broadway pros offer a sharp critique.
Actors Work For Praise? No. Actors Should Work For Money
Not paying actors is a tale as old as time. True, neither total annual salary nor the pay for any particular project should define...
Geoffrey Owens, Working Artists, and Me
Artists should start forgiving themselves -- and each other -- for wanting to pay their bills.
Atlanta Actor Lee Osorio: Aspiring to Affordable Apartments
Even with plenty of work, artists in Atlanta still struggle to find homes they can afford.
No Steamy Beach Books, Only Parenting and Parity
Lay out the towel, slather on the sunblock, catch up on last quarter's parity articles.
For Parent Artists in Theater, Rachel Spencer Hewitt Is a PAAL
For parent artists, a new advocacy network to address needs and raise visibility.
Zaccharin Thibodeau Goes Down
Zaccharin Thibodeau arrested and indicted on multiple counts of felony theft and fraud.
I Made It as an Actor. I Couldn’t Make the Rent.
Together, we can make the rental affordability crisis a priority for America.
NYC Labor Day Parade: Why Equity Actors Marched
A performing arts union collectively steps out -- and celebrates.
The Theater Has a Consent Problem
If we treated real sex like theatrical sex, we’d be rapists.
Intimate Theater, the 99-Seat Plan and Getting Artists Justice
Actors' rights and cultural competency.
A Press Room View of the Tony Awards
Jackman hopped, men kissed men, and McDonald made history.
For Actors, Pay-to-Audition Remains Industry Standard
How does this system continue to operate?
Nasty Hobbit of Shorting Actors and Crew
New Zealand changed job law for Peter Jackson's films.
Artists First? Charting a Future for the American Theater
By the time our theaters reopen, which artists will be left standing? Let us revisit the ancient notion of the acting company.
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And I Thought, ‘Something Just Broke’
Systemic change will be difficult until we cut out and complete irradiate the Trumpist cancer from our diseased body politic. So we fight.
