Overview

• Actors’ Equity said two days of mediation with the Broadway League made limited progress and confirmed talks will resume Oct. 17 while strike preparations continue.
• Equity’s board has already authorized a strike as its production contract expired Sept. 28 after negotiations that began Aug. 25.
• AFM Local 802 musicians, working without a contract since Aug. 31, are voting on strike authorization through Oct. 12, with results expected shortly after.
• Core disputes center on wages, job security and health care, including Equity’s ask for roughly a 0.21% increase in producer contributions to its health fund (about $4 million annually).
• Producers cite record grosses alongside rising costs and note the actors’ health fund also receives a share of box-office revenue, while 31 members of Congress urged good-faith bargaining to avert an economically damaging shutdown.