Alan Eisenberg, the longest-serving executive director of Actors’ Equity Association, died October 7 in Rhinebeck, New York. He was 88.
His death was announced by Equity. A cause was not disclosed.
Eisenberg led Equity from 1981 to 2006, a time of significant growth in membership, workweeks and member earnings, according to Equity.
Among the notable events that Eisenberg confronted during his tenure were the 1990 Miss Saigon controversy over the casting of white actors in Asian roles, the uncertain times facing the theater industry following September 11, 2001, and the challenges of increased non-union touring.
Eisenberg was raised in a secular Jewish household in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, later attending the University of Michigan and graduating from New York University Law School. While practicing law in New York, he embraced the bohemian Greenwich Village art scene of the 1960s, and took a second job as a night espresso operator at the famed Café Figaro.
He next worked in labor law,...
His death was announced by Equity. A cause was not disclosed.
Eisenberg led Equity from 1981 to 2006, a time of significant growth in membership, workweeks and member earnings, according to Equity.
Among the notable events that Eisenberg confronted during his tenure were the 1990 Miss Saigon controversy over the casting of white actors in Asian roles, the uncertain times facing the theater industry following September 11, 2001, and the challenges of increased non-union touring.
Eisenberg was raised in a secular Jewish household in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, later attending the University of Michigan and graduating from New York University Law School. While practicing law in New York, he embraced the bohemian Greenwich Village art scene of the 1960s, and took a second job as a night espresso operator at the famed Café Figaro.
He next worked in labor law,...
- 10/9/2023
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