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Equity Casts Silver: Tony-winning actor Ron Silver is the new president of Actors’ Equity Assn., the stage performers’ union. He succeeds Colleen Dewhurst, who did not seek re-election after holding the job for two consecutive three-year terms. Silver has served on the 39,000-member union’s governing council since 1988, the year he won a Tony Award on Broadway for best actor in David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow.” Silver received 7,326 votes out of 8,303 ballots cast.