"The Broadway producers pay less into the health fund per worker than any other Equity house in the nation," said Equity Executive Director Al Vincent Jr. in an email.
Equity expects the health care fund to be in a deficit by May. The union is seeking an increase of about .21% of each show's weekly gross, which, last season, would have amounted to about $4 million. In a statement, Equity said that while the League pays about $150 per person a week toward health care, venues like Cape Fear Regional Theatre in North Carolina, with 273 seats, pay $220 per person a week. Theaters must have a minimum of 500 seats to be considered as a Broadway theater.