Mary McColl News

Actors' Equity Association executive director Mary McColl released the following statement regarding media reports that multiple women have accused producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment:

Actors' Equity Association announced today that its members have approved a new five-year contract for actors working at Walt Disney World.

Cennarium will host a 'Streaming the Performing Arts,' panel at Lincoln Center today, September 15. Acting as moderator will be BroadwayWorld's very own Editor-In-Chief Robert Diamond.

Cennarium will host a 'Streaming the Performing Arts,' panel at Lincoln Center on September 15. Acting as moderator will be BroadwayWorld's very own Editor-In-Chief Robert Diamond.

Cennarium will host a 'Streaming the Performing Arts,' panel at Lincoln Center on September 15. Acting as moderator will be BroadwayWorld's very own Editor-In-Chief Robert Diamond.

Actors' Equity, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers, released a groundbreaking new diversity study of employment on two of its major contracts. The study, which examined the casts of new productions that opened between 2013 to 2015, shows that women and members of color have fewer work opportunities and often draw lower salaries when they do find work.

Actors' Equity Association announced today that members have voted to ratify a new, historic five-year contract with the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) for actors and stage managers.

Actors' Equity Association announced today that it has reached a tentative agreement for a historic new five-year contract with the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) for actors and stage managers.

Actors' Equity Association, the labor union representing more than 51,000 professional theatre Actors and Stage Managers, has announced that Nicole S. Smart will be the Union's new Director of Diversity, effective immediately.

Actors' Equity Association, the labor union representing more than 50,000 professional stage actors and stage managers, has announced it is conducting a nationwide search for a Diversity Director, a newly created position within the organization.

Actors' Equity Association ("AEA" or Equity) has announced that Brandon Lorenz will be the union's new national communications director effective Monday, March 6, 2017.

A federal judge has dismissed the Asner vs. Equity Lawsuit favoring the union's policy on wages at L.A. theaters. Actors' Equity Association Executive Director, Mary McColl, has issued a statement on the ruling. See the full statement below:

The Actors' Equity Association has decided to back SAG-AFTRA's strike against video game companies and has instructed its members not to accept voice-over or performance capture work from the 11 companies cited in the complaint.

In an historic decision, the National Council of Actors' Equity Association (Equity), the labor union representing professional stage actors and stage managers, voted during its August meeting to endorse the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, Hillary Clinton. This marks the first time in Equity's 103-year history that the organization has endorsed any political candidate.

The 34th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, which recognizes outstanding achievements in dance on Broadway and in film, takes place on Monday, May 16, 2016.

Actors Equity Association  has just released a statement regarding yesterday's tweet about Hamilton's 'non-white' casting controversy. To read the Hamilton producers' statement from yesterday, CLICK HERE. 

SHE LOVES ME officially opened last week on March 17, 2016, for a limited engagement through July 10, 2016 at Studio 54 on Broadway. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the whole evening, starting with the sacred Gypsy Robe ceremony. Below, check out photos of gypsy robe recipient Cameron Adams with the company!

In less than a year, the organization founded by actor Lori Myers has addressed issues of conduct both in and outside the workplace.

Actors' Equity Association and Cirque du Soleil Theatrical, the theatrical division of Cirque du Soleil and the division charged with producing shows for Broadway, have entered into an agreement for all future Cirque du Soleil Theatrical productions on Broadway (as well as pre-Broadway and post-Broadway tours) to be produced under Equity contracts.

As reported by BroadwayWorld, members of the Los Angeles theatrical community filed a lawsuit against Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers, earlier this year, challenging the Union's decision to eliminate its 25-year-old waiver of jurisdiction over small 99-seat theaters, a program popularly known as Equity Waiver.