Actors’ Equity, the nation’s union for live theater actors and stage managers, has launched a campaign petitioning the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League to offer a new category in the Tony Awards: best chorus and best ensemble in a musical or play. The union announced this week that they had sent a letter to the parent organizations of the annual awards show articulating their request, and have also launched an online campaign—“Everyone on Stage”—encouraging union members and Broadway enthusiasts to proclaim their support by adding their names to a petition. The Tony Awards are considered the highest echelon of recognition in the American theater. Televised annually on CBS, stage actors, directors, some designers, and crew (the category for best sound design was eliminated in 2014) are celebrated on live television for America to see. “Today, the Equity members who work in the chorus and ensemble are...
- 4/11/2018
- backstage.com
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