KathyNYC2 said: "I don't know..but it sounds like at least some of the people being hired to work in the noted productions are being offered non-Equity contracts. Can a production offer some people Equity contracts and not all the people?
I can remember say in Ragtime, there were a lot of Equity actors in the leads but there were chorus people hired from schools, groups, etc that were obviously not Equity. And in the reverse, I have seen productions where in a playbill, there are notations in the cast comments saying "this performer is appearing courtesy of Actors Equity." There must be exceptions..
I read it a few times..it's not saying you can't work in these productions, you just can't work without an Equity contract. Is that possible to get a union contract for a non-union approved show? I don't know enough about this..I am just asking.
I cannot imagine Sydney Lucas' representation doing anything to hurt her Equity standing...
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that is what I understood when I read the link as well lol. pretty sure that that is the case - that Sydney's agent(s) got her a Union contract for this show.
The thing is, besides being an utter toad of a human being, Riedel usually has the least knowledge of the topic in the room. He doesn't usually understand the content or approach of a show, and is always completely and unfailingly socially ignorant, which makes it really infuriating when Susan can't get a word in edgewise. A definitive mansplainer; it's always painful when he has female guests. I watch the show sporadically when I really want to see a guest, because it's the only theatre talkshow we have, but it would be so much better without this hateful clown in a dadcoat. (thanks ScaryWarhol)