Patti LuPone gives up equity card

https://twitter.com/pattilupone/status/1582021847771533312?s=46&t=pikPBpgWdVhDGHtAwCzKtw

Her name was thrown out there constantly after Lillias White's incident. So Patti will be apart of the non-equity COMPANY tour next year now? Guess she's done with Broadway.

imeldasturn said: "BCfitasafiddle said: "Damn. Bold power move. Happy I have seen her many times onstage...."

Please, this is the same person who said War Paint was her last musical"

True!! LOL. Forgot about that.

If this is true, it doesn’t mean she can’t perform on Broadway. She would still work under an Equity contract and have dues taken from her pay, and employers would still need to make benefit contributions. She would not be able to use any of the union’s resources.

What exactly is this move in response to?

Kad said: "If this is true, it doesn’t mean she can’t perform on Broadway. She would still work under an Equity contract and have dues taken from her pay, and employers would still need to make benefit contributions. She would not be able to use any of the union’s resources."

She would actually need to re-join the union. You can’t work on a Production/Bdwy contract without being a member of equity.

Bill Snibson said: "She would actually need to re-join the union. You can’t work on a Production/Bdwy contract without being a member of equity."

That is not true. No one in the US can be forced to join a union, and that applies to Equity the same as it does in any other profession where workers are unionized. All actors on Broadway are required to be on an Equity contract, but they do not have to join. Since NY is not a "right to work" state, everyone who is on those union contracts will have the standard working dues withheld (currently 2.5% of their weekly gross salary) and they would not have the option to get that money back the way they would in a "right to work" state.

They would also have health and pension payments still made on their behalf from the producers and would have the option to participate in those plans assuming they meet all requirements (number of work weeks for health, meeting vesting requirements for pension, which Patti would have met a long time ago anyway). It also means that as a non-member they would not be able to participate in any from of governance or other strictly member benefits, so any grievance they have about the way the union is being run will fall on deaf ears.

In reality, this is a strange move from Patti that just feels, like others have said, as a way to grab attention. Her name "being bandied about" has nothing to do with union matters and is entirely because people are comparing things she herself has done in the past with some of the current situations. Her being a member or not has nothing to do with it.

FYI: Equity is solely for Broadway. She ain’t retiring. She’ll continue working on television, films, voice over work, concerts, etc. It’s hilarious how the Twitter idiots are reacting like this is her announcing she’s retiring. The woman is now part of Ryan Murphy’s repertory of actors so she ain’t going anywhere any time soon. She’ll be back on Broadway eventually. Could be a decade but she’ll be back.

Does anyone here know how her name was "bandied about"

Dollypop said: "Does anyone here know how her name was "bandied about""

She and her reputation were constantly being compared to the actions of both Lillias White and Sara Porkalob with the connotation that if Patti did these things we would all be applauding.