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Broadway Rulebook Takeaways

The document summarizes various policies for Broadway productions including: 1) Biographies in programs are limited to biographical data and credits, with chorus members limited to four lines. Actors can request additions. 2) Blacklisting is prohibited, and investigations will be jointly conducted if complaints arise. 3) Grievances will be handled by a committee with equal Equity and League representation requiring two concurring votes. 4) Chorus members receive extra pay for individual roles, lines, songs or dances, and understudying principal roles. 5) Ill actors can be replaced after 10 days of illness. Death of a star allows for laying off the show with full pay. 6)

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Broadway Rulebook Takeaways

The document summarizes various policies for Broadway productions including: 1) Biographies in programs are limited to biographical data and credits, with chorus members limited to four lines. Actors can request additions. 2) Blacklisting is prohibited, and investigations will be jointly conducted if complaints arise. 3) Grievances will be handled by a committee with equal Equity and League representation requiring two concurring votes. 4) Chorus members receive extra pay for individual roles, lines, songs or dances, and understudying principal roles. 5) Ill actors can be replaced after 10 days of illness. Death of a star allows for laying off the show with full pay. 6)

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Broadway/The League Takeaways and Fun Facts!

BIOGRAPHIES:

Failure to seek approval of Actor’s biography shall require payment of one-eight contractual
salary.

The parties agree to use best efforts to limit all biographies in the program or Playbill to
biographical data and professional credits.

The Producer may limit biographies for Chorus and Stage Managers to four lines, exclusive of
the Actor’s name and parts/role played, of biographical data and professional credits only.
Actors may review the galley sheet and be permitted to add material to reach four lines.

BLACKLISTING:

If there is a situation and blacklisting seem plausible, the theatre will do their best to prevent that
from happening. Investigation will ensue if the theatre deems it necessary:

The League and Equity both pledge themselves to use their best efforts to prevent blacklisting
in the theatre. The opposition to blacklisting is not a controversial issue between the League
and Equity. The term "blacklisting" shall be deemed to mean the submission by a Producer to
pressure groups and/or the use of private lists published or unpublished of persons not to be
employed in theatrical productions. To that end, Equity and the League shall jointly investigate
and deal with all complaints of blacklisting in the theatre and take any and all lawful means to
correct, remedy and actively resist each and every instance of blacklisting as and when it arises.
If a joint investigation is warranted, representatives of the respective parties will meet and adopt
rules and regulations which will govern said investigation.

GRIEVANCES:

“The Grievance Committee shall consist of up to five representatives of Equity and up to five
representatives of the League. In rendering decisions, the Equity representatives and the
League representatives shall each cast, in the aggregate, one vote. No decision of the
Committee shall be made in the absence of two concurring votes. A decision of the Committee
(by two concurring votes) on a grievance or dispute shall be final and binding on the parties.”

CHORUS MEMBERS IN AN UNDERSTUDY POSITION:

(1) If a member of the Chorus is required to play a part, speak lines, sing a song, or perform a
dance that is individual in its nature, the Chorus shall be paid not less than $20 per week in
addition to Chorus' weekly contractual salary for each such assignment or part.

(2) Payment for such additional assignments, including understudy assignments, shall be
reduced to writing no later than one week after such assignment. In a pre-Point of Organization
or "tryout" tour or during previews at Point of Organization, should the assignments be deleted
or reassigned prior to the Official Opening at Point of Organization, the Chorus shall receive
payment for an additional assignment only for such weeks or part thereof during which Chorus
was responsible for such assignment.

(1) Understudy for Principal Role. If a Chorus understudies a Principal Role, Chorus shall be
paid not less than the amount listed below per week for each such role in addition to Chorus'
weekly contractual salary. (For Tiered Tours, see Rule 70(B)(2)(i), TOURS.) Chorus shall not be
assigned to understudy more than three Principal Roles. (This rule also applies to alternate
Understudies. See Rule 73(D) for performance payment.)

(i) As of September 28, 2015: $51.50


(ii) As of October 3, 2016: $53.00
(iii) As of October 2, 2017: $54.50
(iv) As of October 1, 2018: $56.00

Understudy Rehearsals are required every four weeks!

ILLNESS AND DEATH:

Standard Minimum Contracts. Except as provided in (C) below, if the Actor cannot perform on
account of illness, injury (other than an injury as specified in Rule 33, INJURY: WORKERS'
COMPENSATION INSURANCE), or any other valid reason, then the Actor shall not be entitled
to any salary for the time during which said services shall not for such reason or reasons be
rendered.

Should the illness of the Actor continue or should it appear that it should necessarily continue
for 10 days or more, Equity, at the request of the Producer, shall have full power to modify or
terminate the Actor's contract on such terms as it may consider just if it shall be satisfied that it
will be necessary for the Producer to employ a successor under a Standard Term Contract.

If there’s a death of a star and the show has to be laid off, the actors get their full contractual
salary.

AUDITIONS:

Principal Auditions/Interviews:​ Before any principal performers (other than "star" performers)
are hired for a production, there shall be auditions at which performers will be seen, without
appointment, for principal roles and for stage manager positions. Subsequent auditions may
also be scheduled at this time.

Chorus: ​Before any chorus performers are hired, there shall be chorus auditions open to all
performers.

*No later than two weeks prior to the first Equity interview/audition, the producer shall submit a
complete cast breakdown to Equity—basically an audition notice.
​ iscrimination in Script Review and Auditions:​ It is the intent of the Producer and Equity
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that casting for all roles be made without regard to sex, race, color, creed, national origin, age,
disability, sexual orientation or political persuasion or belief and the parties affirm their
commitment to equal employment opportunity, diversity and the elimination of discrimination in
theater.

WAGES

WAGES 9/28/15 10/3/16 10/2/17 10/1/18

BROADWAY WEEKLY

Actor $1,917.00 $1,974.00 $2,034.00 $2,095.00

SM (Musical) $3,150.00 $3,244.00 $3,342.00 $3,442.00

SM $2,707.00 $2,788.00 $2,872.00 $2,958.00


(Dramatic)

1st ASM $2,488.00 $2,563.00 $2,640.00 $2,719.00


(Musical)

1st ASM $2,212.00 $2,279.00 $2,347.00 $2,418.00


(Dramatic)

2nd ASM $2,080.00 $2,142.00 $2,206.00 $2,272.00


(Musical)

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