Deadline Hollywood reports:
As the WGA strike entered its fourth week, Tony Kushner swore, Steve Earle sang, Wanda Sykes led union chants and Busy Philipps told CEO jokes for more than 1,000 demonstrators and hundreds of onlookers who filled the street in front of NBCUniversal headquarters Tuesday in Midtown Manhattan.
With a starry speakers list, celebrities dotting the crowd and turnout from several local labor unions, a “Rally at the Rock” outside 30 Rockefeller Plaza in support of striking movie and television writers filled one barricaded side of West 49th Street between 5th and 6th avenues — the equivalent of three city blocks — with cheering, sign-waving protestors who stayed for more than two hours.
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Dispatches From The Picket Lines, Day 22: 30 Rock Protest Draws Big Names & Huge Crowds In NYC https://t.co/Xp69rQSMAA pic.twitter.com/TvfpjDy1JL
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) May 23, 2023
Mark Ruffalo came straight from his art class to share a message of solidarity! Thank you @MarkRuffalo
#WGAstrong #RallyattheRock https://t.co/pKxn2xTN50 pic.twitter.com/sWnAAz8RTn
— Writers Guild of America, East (@WGAEast) May 23, 2023
What a rally at 30 Rock today. Tremendous #WGAStrong energy and solidarity. At the end of my speech, I asked the crowd to send David Zaslav a message. pic.twitter.com/2EvdOJEGVs
— WGA Strike Captain Warren Leight (@warrenleightTV) May 23, 2023
Johnny Legs in the house!#RallyattheRock @JohnLeguizamo #WGAstrong #WGAstrike pic.twitter.com/uxAPy6afIK
— Writers Guild of America, East (@WGAEast) May 23, 2023
Metaphorical mic drop from Tony Kushner! WOW! #RallyattheRock #WGAstrong pic.twitter.com/uft1F4g2Uo
— Writers Guild of America, East (@WGAEast) May 23, 2023
Neil Gaiman (@NeilHimself) talks about the fight for writers’ future at the WGA #WritersStrike pic.twitter.com/xwsvk7459R
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 23, 2023
A big thank you to actor @JohnLeguizamo for showing up in solidarity at 30 ROCK NYC this morning, and we’re mutual acting coach Wynn Handman alumni so feeling proud…?
? #SAGAFTRA @warrenleightTV @nytimes @WGAEast #WGA #WritersGuildOfAmerica #Equity pic.twitter.com/yYTxKeaHPW
— Tommy Bayiokos (@TommyBayiokos) May 23, 2023