Super producer Tyler Perry might make money hand over fist with his Madea character in film and on stage, but SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity are telling members to steer clear of Perry’s current tour of Madea On The Run. According to Actors’ Equity, Perry and producers have not signed an
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Would you know the difference between a union and a nonunion national tour? Actors’ Equity is trying to distinguish between the two so that audiences are educated on the quality of the production. In September, the theatre actors’ union began an online campaign in Chicago to let people know the
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Actress Stefanie O’Connell, who is behind The Broke and the Beautiful, a website that is devoted to how to live on an actor’s salary, recently wrote an article delving on what it’s like to earn a living as an actor for Business Insider… or to be more accurate, what it’s
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While some audiences complain about movies pushing the envelope when it comes to sex and nudity, many forget that the theatre has been living on the edge for centuries. In the new Off-Broadway show Intimacy, actor David Anzuelo talks about where he has to take his role — upright. In
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The tour wage issue for Actors’ Equity continues as town hall meeting on Monday revealed that this is a hot topic for its members. According to three anonymous union member who spoke to The New York Times, over 400 people showed up to the four-hour meeting. A Power Point presentation
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One of the actors’ unions is heating up with a fight about contracts and there are quite a few people who are angry about the direction it is headed. Actors’ Equity union, which represents theater performers on Broadway and across the United States, has made concessions on contracts for two
