By BILL SANDERSON
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
MAR 20, 2020
W. 45th Street in the Theater District.(ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Broadway theaters agreed with their unions Friday to cover pay and health insurance during the coronavirus crisis.
The package includes supplemental wages to workers and continued contributions to health insurance.
The Broadway League — which represents theater owners — agreed to talk with the union coalition starting the week of April 6 about possibly extending health benefits further.
“We are grateful to be able to tell our members that the industry came together to provide some compensation during this terrible time,” the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds said in a statement.
The coalition includes an array of Broadway unions that represent actors, artists, dancers, singers, musicians, playwrights, directors and choreographers, as well as stagehands and other backstage crew, ushers, ticket takers and box office personnel, as well as other professions.
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