Can L.A. Theater Look Like Chicago's?
Equity is preparing to square off with small theater producers in Los Angeles over a proposal to require a minimum wage for actors. The upcoming bout between the union and the producers will rekindle a fight many performers in the city are too young to remember. The settlement of the Equity Waiver wars in the 1980s ratified the 99-seat plan by which much of L.A. theater (outside of the Geffen and Center Theatre Group…