Video of a naked Jesse Williams captured onstage in a shower scene from a Broadway play has been posted online, prompting an outcry from the producers and the union that represents actors and stage managers.
Despite an attempt to ban smartphones in the theater, a video of the actor's nude scene in the Broadway production of "Take Me Out" circulated widely online.
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms the creation and distribution of photographs and videos of our members during a nude scene," said Kate Shindle, president of Actors' Equity Association
Actors’ Equity is blasting an audience member who secretly videotaped Jesse Williams’ nude scene while performing in Take Me Out at the Second Stage Theater in NYC and then released it on Twitter.
"They should all be union," said Actors’ Equity executive director Alvin Vincent, Jr. as the guild takes a closer look at the relationship between the Broadway producers and non-union touring producers.
The union said it was withdrawing the petition because the producers of the nonunion tour now plan to end its run in June.
The leaked SCOTUS decision would prove catastrophic for workers.
In its first card campaign on a national tour in twenty years, Actors' Equity files with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize 'Waitress.'
Momentum is building behind the Bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act with nearly 70 House cosponsors.
Employees of a nonunion production are seeking improved compensation and safety protocols, saying a union version of the same musical pays better.
