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Actors Equity

Q. What's In a Name? A. Your Artistic Identity

Daniel Grant | Posted 04.10.2012 | Arts
Read More: David Findlay, Joshua Kaufman, Actors Equity, James Silverberg, Keith Urban, Paul McCartney, Bridget Riley, Screen Actors Guild, Arts News
Daniel Grant

No one can be forced to change his or her name because someone else has trademarked it. "Paul McCartney couldn't stop people who are named Paul McCartney and sing from using his name... [but] you couldn't perform under the name The Beatles."

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Emergency Relief Funds Help Artists in Dire Need

Daniel Grant | Posted 11.20.2011 | Arts
Read More: Aid to Artisans, Adolph Gottlieb, George Segal, Inc., New York Artists Equity, Business of Art, Lee Krasner, Jacob Lawrence, Judith Rothschild, Robert Rauschenberg, Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Change, W. Eugene Smith, Actor's Equity, Joan Mitchell, Cerf, Arts News
Daniel Grant

A high percentage of artists and craftspeople have no health or studio insurance, creating a small margin for any type of sickness or accident that may occur.

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They Are Women, Hear Them Roar

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Patrick Dennis, Crowded Fire Theatre Company, Annie Sullivan, Three Tall Women, John Patrick Shanley, Wendy Wasserstein, Clare Booth Luce, William Gibson, Auntie Mame, Maria Callas, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Five Lesbian Brothers, Master Class, Anthony Clarvoe, The Life, Jay Presson Allen, Eric Overmeyer, Cy Coleman, Edward Albee, Eve Ensler, Paul Rudnick, The Sisters Rosensweig, Marilee Talkington, James Kirkwood, Michael Storm, 70 Girls 70, Kander & Ebb, August Osage County, Jane Martin, Chekhov, The Killing of Sister George, Frank Marcus, Night Mother, The Secretaries, The Vagina Monologues, Actors Equity, The Women, The Miracle Worker, The New Century, Three Sisters, Doubt, Marsha Norman, On the Verge, Anton in Show Business, Don Groggins, Show and Tell, Marissa Wolf, Terrence McNally, Tracy Letts, Miss Margardia?S Way, Symmetry Theatre, Helen Keller, Nunsens, Non-Equity, Theatrefirst, Legends, Deuce, Arts News
George Heymont

I was intrigued by Symmetry Theatre's claim that fewer good roles are written for women, I found myself wondering if people might not be aware of the variety of plays that do indeed have meaty roles for female characters.

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SAG-AFTRA Joint Bargaining: AFTRA Hesitates, Slightly; and More

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Actor's Equity, Aftra, Entertainment News, Breaking Entertainment News, Entertainment, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

An AFTRA committee, expected to recommend joint bargaining with SAG, instead referred the matter to a subcommittee, the Hollywood Reporter and The Wra...

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Qualified Voting Redux

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Hollywood Strike, Affected Voting, Aftra, Screen Actors Guild, Qualified Voting, Actors' Equity, Sag, Equity, Wga, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Ironically, while spurning qualified voting for their own union, SAG's leadership urges it on AFTRA.

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