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William Ross (theatrical Producer)
William Ross, a prominent producer and stage manager on Broadway, was born in New York City on 5 September 1915 and died 23 August 1994. He served as vice president of the Actors' Equity Association and the first president of the Stage Managers' Association. He was recipient of the Philip Loeb Humanitarian Award and the Paul Robeson Award An award bestowed by the Paul Robeson Citation Award Committee of the Actors' Equity Association. Recipients * 1974: Paul Robeson * 1975: Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee * 1976: Lillian Hellman * 1977: Pete Seeger * 1978: Sam Jaffe * 1979: Harry Belafo ... for his work in racial integration of stage casting. References American theatre managers and producers 1915 births 1994 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century African-American businesspeople {{US-business-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actors' Equity Association
The Actors' Equity Association (AEA), commonly referred to as Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American labor union representing those who work in live theatrical performance. Performers appearing in live stage productions without a book or through-storyline (vaudeville, cabarets, circuses) may be represented by the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA). The AEA works to negotiate and provide performers and stage managers quality living conditions, livable wages, and benefits. A theater or production that is not produced and performed by personnel who are members of the AEA may be known as "non-Equity". Background Leading up to the Actors' and Producers' strike of 1929, Hollywood and California in general, had a series of workers' equality battles that directly influenced the film industry. The films ''The Passaic Textile Strike'' (1926), ''The Miners' Strike'' (1928) and ''The Gastonia Textile Strike'' (1929), gave audience and producers insight into the effect and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage Managers' Association
The Stage Managers' Association, or SMA, is a professional association for stage managers in the United States. It was founded in 1982 in New York City, with four major regional centers in the East, West, Central and New York metropolitan area The New York metropolitan area, also commonly referred to as the Tri-State area, is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, at , and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. The vast metropolitan area .... The organization represents more than 1000 American stage managers in dance, theatre, opera, concerts, and other entertainment events. Many of its members are represented by the 4 A's unions. It also represents American Stage Management abroad, with an international cohort which connects its members to stage managers around the globe. The Stage Managers' Association annually presents the Del Hughes Award as a for lifetime achievement in stage management. References External linksStage Mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Loeb Humanitarian Award
This award was named in memory of the blacklisted prominent actor and Actors' Equity Association worker Philip Loeb, who committed suicide in 1955 after losing his craft to McCarthyism. The award honors an Equity member "who has performed a unique and outstanding service on behalf of his or her fellow members and whose quality of service, ideas and contribution has set him or her apart from others; someone who truly perpetuates the legacy inherited from Philip Loeb." Recipients * William Ross * Iggie Wolfington * Florida Friebus * Edith Meiser Edith Meiser (May 9, 1898 – September 26, 1993) was an American author and actress, who wrote mystery novels, stage plays, and numerous radio dramas. She is perhaps best known for bringing adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories to radio in the ...Equity News, September 1986 (pg. 3) References Actors' Equity Association American theater awards Humanitarian and service awards {{Theat-award-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Robeson Award
An award bestowed by the Paul Robeson Citation Award Committee of the Actors' Equity Association. Recipients * 1974: Paul Robeson * 1975: Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee * 1976: Lillian Hellman * 1977: Pete Seeger * 1978: Sam Jaffe * 1979: Harry Belafonte * 1980: Alice Childress * 1981: Studs Terkel * 1982: Ed Asner * 1983: John Henry Faulk * 1984: Lena Horne * 1985: Arthur Mitchell * 1986: Vinie Burrows * 1987: Joe Papp * 1988: Jacques d'Amboise * 1989: Bill Ross & Dr. Margaret Burroughs * 1990: Maya Angelou * 1991: Gordon Parks * 1992: Art D'Lugoff * 1993: Katherine Dunham * 1994: Lloyd Richards * 1995: Gil Noble * 1996: George C. Wolfe * 1997: Athol Fugard * 1998: Leonard de Paul * 1999: Loften Mitchell * 2000: Rosetta LeNoire * 2001: Brock Peters * 2002: Gertrude Jeannette * 2003: Woodie King Jr. * 2004: Judith Jamison * 2005: Carl Harms * 2006: Bill Cosby rescinded * 2007: Mercedes Ellington * 2008: Sidney Poitier * 2009: Micki Grant * 2010: Charles Randolph-Wright * 2011: J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Theatre Managers And Producers
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1915 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ** WWI: British Royal Navy battleship HMS ''Formidable'' is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat, with the loss of 547 crew. ** Battle of Broken Hill: A train ambush near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, is carried out by two men (claiming to be in support of the Ottoman Empire) who are killed, together with 4 civilians. * January 5 – Joseph E. Carberry sets an altitude record of , carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger, in a fixed-wing aircraft. * January 12 ** The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. ** '' A Fool There Was'' premières in the United States, starring Theda Bara as a '' femme fatale''; she quickly become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Deaths
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