An Inexplicable Matter of the 'Heart'

Equity and Homeland Security denied a work visa to an Austrian actor in a stage adaptation of Poe's The Telltale Heart, a one-man show with music. Equity contended that an American could have played the role. The union's rigidity sends the wrong message-that a single job takes precedence over what appears to be a worthwhile theatrical experience.

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