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88% Unemployment Among Equity Actors

My colleague Adam Natale pointed out this piece in Playbill Online about the feasibility of living in Manhattan on a chorus member’s salary. The article contains few surprises, except perhaps for the most naive Broadway aspirants:

Getting work as an actor is tough, even with an Equity card.
If you can find work, the [...]

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NYC Clamps Down on the Tiniest Film Crews

As you may have heard, the NYC Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting is proposing some strict new rules (actually, they claim they’re codifying existing rules) on permit requirements for very small film shoots. The proposed rules require permits for shoots with a handheld camera that last more than 30 minutes or those [...]

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Getting off the real estate treadmill for $1/year

The NY Times reported this morning that three New York non-profits have landed long-term leases in downtown Manhattan for $1/year. Poets House, the New York Public Library, and Mercy Corps are the lucky recipients of this bounty from the Battery Park City Authority.
For a smallish organization like Poets House, this is the kind of [...]

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