Equity At 100: More Than Just A Broadway Baby

NPR: "Don't put your daughter on the stage," Noel Coward famously cautioned his imaginary Mrs. Worthington, and no wonder: Stage acting is one of the toughest professions imaginable. For all the potential triumph, there's hardly any job security — and more than a little potential for heartbreak and disappointment. Yet thousands upon thousands of men, women, children — and even animals — remain undaunted by the odds, and for most of the two-legged members of that profession, the symbol of really making it is an Actors' Equity card, the sign of membership in a union of professional stage actors and stage managers that's about to turn 100 years old.