Actors' Equity Association

Jackie Hoffman Says Woody Allen Is a Self-Loathing Jew When It Comes To Women

I saw the queen of bitterness--best known for Hairspray, Xanadu, and The Addams Family--in concert last night at 54 Below and thrilled to her succession of lashings, hilariously pulled off. For example: *She was horrified to read in the New York Times that Patti LuPone opened the club on June 5. ... More >>

The Most Screamy Stump Speech in the History of Recorded American Politics, Ever (Video)

​The Stark County, Ohio treasurer's race is heating up apparently. No, but really, you watch this video of a candidate for treasurer of , and tell me if you've ever seen any political race -- from Fifth Grade Class President, onward -- get this intense. Have you ever seen somebody TALK IN AL ... More >>

Jeremy Piven Gets Away with Fishy Excuse for Bolting Broadway Show

Remember when Jeremy Piven abruptly left Broadway's Speed-the-Plow, claiming mercury poisoning? Producers were enraged, and took Piven to arbitration to recoup losses owing to the star's departure. Today they lost, arbitrators from Actors Equity and the Broadway League finding Piven's self-removal ... More >>

New York Screen Actors, Citing Recession, Balk at Strike

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Prowls

But Dead Man's Cell Phone and Parlour Song ring hollow

Breaking the Code?

Off-Off Broadway seeks new Equity showcase rules

The Hall of Fume

The reek shall inherit the Earth. Or at least the Flea.

Stage Beauty

Downtown theater and the 'Voice' grow up together.

Romper Room

Recalling the glory (and gory) days of theatrical liberation

One Sick Fall

With health insurance out of reach, a generation braces itself for the worst

Music

Ladies Who Punch

Theater

Orderly Anarchisms

NY Mirror

Look Who Crossed a Picket Line

Why Paul Newman Nixed PEN's Gala