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  • September 2020

Equity in the News September 2020

  1. BROADWAY WORLD: EQUITY POINTS TO DISNEY LAYOFFS TO URGE THE SENATE TO ACT NOW

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:53:00 GMT – 0

    Equity will continue to prioritize relief for members and the industry.

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    • BroadwayWorld
    • Coronavirus
    • Funding
  2. CNBC: NEW YORK CITY MISSES OUT ON BILLIONS OF TOURISM DOLLARS AS CORONAVIRUS KEEPS BROADWAY DARK

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:42:00 GMT – 0

    Broadway’s closures also heavily impact the businesses around theaters, including hotels, restaurants and public transportation.

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    • CNBC
    • Coronavirus
  3. DEADLINE: ACTORS’ EQUITY SECRETARY-TREASURER SANDRA KARAS DOUBTS THAT DONALD TRUMP'S $70,000 In ‘APPRENTICE’ HAIRCUTS WERE TAX DEDUCTIBLE

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:01:00 GMT – 0

    Sandra Karas, secretary-treasurer of Actors’ Equity, was surprised Monday morning when she read The New York Times’ article about President Trump’s income taxes – and the $70,000 that he reportedly wrote off as a business expense for hair styling in connection with his TV show The Apprentice. “It made me laugh when I saw it in the paper,” she said. “The first thing I thought was, ‘That’s not deductible.’”

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    • Deadline
  4. BROADWAY WORLD: ACTORS' EQUITY RELEASES STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO AMY CONEY BARRETT'S NOMINATION TO THE SUPREME COURT

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:34:00 GMT – 0

    Mary McColl stated, 'The Senate will rush this nomination while ignoring the HEROES Act, which would ensure that no one loses their health insurance'

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    • BroadwayWorld
  5. BROADWAY NEWS: ACTORS’ EQUITY BACKS NEW SENATE COBRA SUBSIDY BILL

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:28:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity praised the introduction of a new bill that would offer 100% COBRA health insurance subsidies to workers who have lost coverage during the pandemic.

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    • Broadway News
    • Coronavirus
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  6. NEW YORK TIMES: WHEN THE CULTURAL ENGINES CUT OUT

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:01:00 GMT – 0

    The shutdown has touched New York in its heart — and its wallet.

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    • Coronavirus
    • New York Times
  7. CAPE COD TIMES: CAPE VENUES JOIN NATIONAL PUSH FOR MORE ARTS FUNDING

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:34:00 GMT – 0

    Three area theater groups have joined hundreds of others from around the country in an appeal to Congress for $9 billion in emergency arts funding.

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    • Cape Cod Times
    • Coronavirus
    • Funding
  8. VARIETY: LEADING ACTORS UNION MAKES RARE PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:32:00 GMT – 0

    Actors’ Equity Association has thrown its support behind Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, marking only the second time in the trade union’s history that it has made a political endorsement.

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    • Variety
  9. WASHINGTON POST: THE UNION FOR ACTORS ON BROADWAY AND IN REGIONAL THEATERS ENDORSES BIDEN-HARRIS

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:15:00 GMT – 0

    Taking a rare sidestep from neutrality, the union representing more than 51,000 stage actors and managers across the United States announced Monday its endorsement of the Democratic presidential ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala D. Harris.

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    • Washington Post
  10. BROADWAY WORLD: ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION PARTNERS WITH HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYERS TO DEMAND EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL ARTS FUNDING

    Geselowitz, Gabriela – Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:31:00 GMT – 0

    More than 260 theaters representing producers in 37 states and the District of Columbia have signed the letter.

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