Overview

• Actors’ Equity says a walkout could shut down 32 shows during peak season, affecting roughly 900 performers and stage managers.
• The union has authorized its bargaining committee to call a strike and is collecting strike pledge cards at stage doors.
• Equity seeks higher employer payments into its health fund, which it says faces a deficit by May, with one outlet reporting about a $4 million increase request after more than a decade of flat rates.
• The Broadway League says it is negotiating in good faith, with two days of mediation scheduled next week and the next bargaining session set for Oct. 8.
• More than 1,000 performers have signed a solidarity letter backing demands for stronger health benefits, humane scheduling, paid time off, and safe staffing, including Darren Criss, Sean Astin, and Alec Baldwin.