Membership voted to approve the contract after the union had issued a strike threat earlier this month.
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The producer sued after the union placed him on the "Do Not Work" list, alleging thousands in owed payments and a hostile work environment.
The union for actors and stage managers has been negotiating with the Broadway League for higher wages and per diems since mid-January.
The PAC will raise money for federal candidates who back greater arts funding, expanded health care coverage and workers' rights.
Members of Actors’ Equity gathered in Times Square on Thursday to rally for new protections in their Broadway contract.
Actors' Equity will reopen its audition centers, as industry members and performers mull the benefits and disadvantages of virtual auditions.
The theatrical union has taken on a high-profile organizing effort at North Hollywood's Star Garden Topless Dive Bar after dancers have spent months picketing.
Broadway castmembers requested this action after reports of owed payments and benefits, including as recently as Thursday.
The productions impacted include 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' 'West Side Story,' 'The Iceman Cometh' and 'The Lehman Trilogy,' with the nondisclosure agreement release effective immediately.
"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.
