Thread by @FairWageOnStage

We're seeing a lot of shock that the President of the Broadway League doesn't "make theater".

So let's talk a little bit about what the Broadway League actually is.

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The Broadway League is, at its core, a multi-employer group—a group of employers who have all come together to increase their leverage and strength against the unions with which they bargain. (2/8)

So, just as many of Broadway's workers (stage managers, actors, crew, directors, choreographers, designers, musicians, house managers, company managers, ushers, etc) have collectivized into unions to help improve wages, benefits, and working conditions... (3/8)

...the members of the Broadway League have collectivized to, well, drive all of those standards down as a means of maximizing profits for themselves and their investors. (4/8)

The Broadway League and its members are signatories to a handful of collective bargaining agreements with our union, Actors' Equity, including the Production Contract, SETA (Short Engagement Touring Agreement), and the relatively new Development Agreement. (5/8)

So when you find yourself unhappy with some of the standards found in these contracts (or any other CBA to which they're a party), remember that it's the core function of the Broadway League to fight to keep those standards right where they are... (6/8)

...or require your union to give up other potential gains in order to bring those standards up.

This is what they do.

That is why they were formed.

This is their function in our theatrical ecosystem. (7/8)

The Broadway League is not in charge of Broadway. They do not speak for the industry as a whole. They do not represent the interests of its workers.

They are our employers.

WE are the ones who make theater.

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