AEA Changes the Game for L.A. Theatre
After a referendum vote against its previous proposals, Equity offers new options and loopholes, but retains minimum-wage demand for small-theatre work.
After a referendum vote against its previous proposals, Equity offers new options and loopholes, but retains minimum-wage demand for small-theatre work.
The inheritor of the defunct L.A. Weekly Awards honored the town’s 99-seat-and-under theatres, which are feeling besieged at the moment.
The L.A. 99-Seat Theatre wars get a full airing with special guest Isaac Butler, and the editors have some recommendations.
As the battle over L.A.’s non-remunerative 99-seat plan comes to a head, players on either side have radically different prognoses for the health of the city’s sprawling theatre scene.
Amid heated arguments over the city’s version of the Equity showcase code, a real and resonant debate about artists’ compensation seems to be emerging.