Tag: unions
Inside David Garrison, a Well-Defended Mr. Mister
How to play an avaricious, amoral capitalist in an age of avaricious, amoral capitalists.
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...
Will Lillian Hellman Return to the Boards for ‘Days to Come’?
Revisiting the work of a woman who did not cut her conscience to fit any theatrical fashion.
New Play, ‘Alternating Currents,’ Electrifies a Queens Neighborhood
The remarkable idealism of Electchester -- and its complicated response to a changing NYC.
“Skeleton Crew,” By Playwright Morisseau, Finds Life in Detroit
Does Morisseau think Trump can restore jobs to Detroit? Hell no.
League of Their Own: Broadway Casting Directors Unionize
Following a billion-dollar season, will Broadway's powerful casting directors strike?
“Sweat” on Broadway: Setting the Stage for Trump
No play on Broadway addresses the political climate more immediately than this one.
Zaccharin Thibodeau Goes Down
Zaccharin Thibodeau arrested and indicted on multiple counts of felony theft and fraud.
NYC Labor Day Parade: Why Equity Actors Marched
A performing arts union collectively steps out -- and celebrates.
The Middle Class is Sick. Rebecca Gilman Has the Cure.
In this podcast, Gilman discusses her play Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976.
The Corporate Coup Against Civil Society
Capitalism has been fatally corrupted by corporate interests.
No More Universal Suckage: The Case for Dance/USA
Anything eventually attaining greatness must first be made to suck less.
When Free People, American Dance Fell On Their Faces
Inauthentic malarkey and ass-hat nonsense.
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.
The Comedy and Tragedy of Actors’ Equity
What kind of union would take pride forcing members to carry around cards segregating them like lepers?
The Joel Vig ‘Hairspray’ Drama Lands in Back Stage
Was Vig manipulated by the producers of "Hairspray"?
Dramatists Guild Advising Rejection of NY Musical Theatre Fest Contract
NYMF, says the Dramatists Guild, "has its hand out for more, grabbing more than the industry standard at every juncture of the event."
British Equity Backs Co. Selling Downloads of Dramas. Will U.S. Equity...
Will Actors' Equity join the march toward the 21st century? Or will the American theater be a backwater?
RIP RGB, RIP GOP, RIP USA
None of the second-rate white men currently on the Supreme Court will receive the honors given to RBG when they finally die.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)
And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?
