Equity Fires Back at AGMA for 'Empty Rhetoric'

Backstage: In its battle with AGMA over Broadway dancers, Equity is stepping up. In a statement today, Actors' Equity Association spokeswoman Maria Somma said the claim by Alan Gordon, executive director of the American Guild of Musical Artists, that his union is better equipped to represent dancers on Broadway is "nothing more than empty rhetoric designed to make a good sound bite."