Alan Eisenberg, leader of American labor union Actors’ Equity Assocation for 25 years, died Saturday in Rhinebeck, N.Y. He was 88.
Eisenberg was the longest-serving executive director for Equity, with a tenure from 1981 to 2006. During his time at Equity, the association saw a substantial increase in membership numbers from 28,678 to 46,000, a significant annual expansion of workweeks and a more than twenty-million increase in Equity investments.
He was known for his advocacy for social issues, one of the most notable being his public criticism of “yellowface” — white actors playing Asian roles — with 1990’s “Miss Saigon” Broadway production.
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