Profile for Alex Kulak2

felixleiter said: "While the overall sentiment of what you posted is something I agree with, I just want to make some corrections;

Agent fees are regulated by Equity and limited to 10% of an actors salary, not 15.

Managers are not regulated, but many many actors do not employ managers since most of the services provided by managers are aready provided by their agents. 15% is the standard, but again, not all actors employ managers.

Also, unless we are

quizking101 said: "While it appears “solid”, the number is before things like taxes, union dues, and agent fees. The take-home is likely MUCH lower. Couple that with the fact that the money is only coming in as long as the show is running and you find many actors taking up a side hustle or a survival job to make the ends meet."

If anyone's interested in how the numbers break down:

Last season on Broadway, there were 21 musicals (both or

mridley2 said: "I sincerely hope K. Culkin's sick loved one is okay. but this guy sure seems like a DIVA.

He missed the big awards (critics choice, WGA) in LA last weekend due to rehearsals for GGR. ok fine. Committed but he has a real chance for an Oscar and his Director/Screenwriter Eisenberg would have loved his support. That stage looked empty without anyone else there.

Now he misses BAFTA because of a sick family member. I'm sorry sweetie, but the s

I just finished the album. Absolutely phenomenal.

This has some of my favorite orchestrations of any of Dave Malloy's shows. The horn with the strings works so well.

It's incredible how clear his influences and pastiches are, while still sounding completely original and new.

We're never getting another Stephen Sondheim, but with Dave Malloy, we're pretty close. He is the only composer writing for the theatre today that is reaching Sondheim's level, in

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "If you don't have an agent, that's your first step. Nobody will give you the time of day without an agent. If you're a relatively new or unproduced playwright, ignore the top agencies (WME, CAA, UTA, ICM, etc) and focus on scrappier agencies."

I've actually been looking for an agent (I've written 7 full length plays and am currently writing a musical). Do you have any examples of scrappier agencies? The ones I've

Rentaholic2 said: "I love the movie and was so disappointed by the musical on Broadway. Itlacked any sort of cohesive aesthetic or vision, and the score was completely forgettable. The story begs for inventive staging ala Peter & the Star Catcher and an earthy score featuring folk, roots, bluegrass, etc. When you're telling a story about the power of story-telling, you have to come up with someting more compellingthan the very literal and very overblown original production. I