Actors’ Equity, a union that represents 900 current Broadway performers and stage managers, said it has yet to reach agreement on a new contract with the Broadway League, the trade association that represents theatre owners, producers and operators.
A central issue in bargaining is healthcare and the contribution the Broadway League makes to the union’s health care fund.
The rate of contributions has been unchanged for more than a decade, even as smaller regional theatres oftentimes pay more, Vincent said.
She added that she tore her meniscus on a Broadway show and continued dancing on it, “painfully,” for three months.
The Broadway League issued a statement saying it continues to work toward an agreement.
“We are continuing good-faith negotiations with Actors Equity to reach a fair agreement that works for Broadway shows, casts, crews and the millions of people from around the world who come to experience Broadway.”
Video game actors staged a nearly year-long walkout as they sought protections against the use of artificial intelligence.
Kaylin Seckel, an ensemble cast member of The Lion King, said she ruptured her Achilles tendon during a 2022 performance and had to be carried off-stage by her scene partner.
“That was three years ago, and I require, to this day, other procedures and more physical therapy that I was denied under workers’ comp,” said Seckel.
With Reuters
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