How much do b'way stars get paid?

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How much do b'way stars get paid?

Posted: 3/24/07 at 12:52pm

This has probably been asked before, so i apologise, but i wondered how younger stars ie. Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth and older stars i.e Angela Lansbury and Bernadette Peters would have got paid for their roles throughout B'way history. Thanks for any help, xx

#2

re: How much do b'way stars get paid?

Posted: 3/24/07 at 12:57pm

More than you.

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#3

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 12:59pm

lol Lizzy

#4

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:03pm

I don't work.

#5

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:05pm

than everybody gets paid more than you. But really, i have no clue how much they get paid.

#6

re: How much do b'way stars get paid?

Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:05pm

Yes, Idena, it has been asked many times before and it never stops being a rude question.

Please try using the search function before posting.

And while we're at it, why don't YOU tell us all how much you make?

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:05pm

how not sure how accurate this is but i heard that when idina was with wicked she made about $500,000 a week.

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:06pm

Slacker

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:07pm

Please. I don't get out of bed for less than $500,000.

And I'm an office manager.

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#10

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:10pm

I thought that was what they paid to keep you IN bed, Rath?

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#11

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:13pm

Oh, that's a different contract altogether.

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re: How much do b'way stars get paid?

Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:19pm

Ain't no way Idina was making half a million dollars a week. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Julia Roberts was making about $50,000 a week when she was doing Three Days of Rain... and she's JULIA ROBERTS.

Do a search. This has been discussed at length before.

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:20pm

OK,seriously. When Idina started in WICKED, she was being paidsomewhere in the $5000 a week range. When she won the Tony, her salary went to around $10,000.

The only people who are getting more than $10,000 a week are "stars" - meaning celebrities who are known by the average Joe on the street - and not just theatre fanatics. People like Julie Andrews, Hugh Jackman, Matthew Broderick, etc. make $20,000 or more. They are worth it because people will actually buy a ticket based on their name recognition. The number of people who will go to a show specifically because Idina Menzel is in it is very, very tiny.

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re: How much do b'way stars get paid?

Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:26pm

If your name is Idina Menzel, you should know!

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:28pm

Idina... can I have your autograph?!

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:28pm

I was told by a connection of mine that Elphaba gets paid approximately $40,000 a week, but I don't know how true that is...

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:30pm

Not a chance in hell that is true.

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:31pm

my personal thought: i would figure it all depends on what show your doing and who you are. John T is playing lumiere im sure he is getting a big paycheck for being known and experience and being in BATB but someone who is new and in a new show probably isnt making alot but its probably decent.

#19

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 1:32pm

It did seem a little unrealistic to me, but I wasn't sure considering how much they make off of that show every single week...

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re: How much do b'way stars get paid?

Posted: 3/24/07 at 2:11pm

Here's a list of some of the ones mentioned:

Idina in Wicked:
Pre Tony: $7,500
Post Tony: $12,500

Julia in 3 Days:
$25,000 (plus I believe up front of around $50,000 and per diem)

Denzel in Julius:
$20,000 (he took a bit of a cut, he could have gotten double)

#21

re: How much do b'way stars get paid?

Posted: 3/24/07 at 2:15pm

The Glinda's and Elphaba's in Wicked get around $6,000 a week. I believe Ana Gasteyer got more, closer to $10,000.

ucjrdude902, John T. is not a name, nobody who saw Beauty saw it cause he was in it, that's just ridiculous.

Minimum for principals is typically $2500, but leads usually get closer to $4000 or $5000 (for musicals at least), bigger the name, bigger the salary obviously.

Laura Bell Bundy is gonna be getting around $7500 a week for Blonde, and should she get a Tony nom, it will bump up and should she win, it will bump up higher (Tony clauses are typical in contracts for the principal actors).

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re: How much do b'way stars get paid?

Posted: 3/24/07 at 2:20pm

"Laura Bell Bundy is gonna be getting around $7500 a week for Blonde, and should she get a Tony nom, it will bump up and should she win, it will bump up higher "

There is so much wrong with that statement. She probably won't even be nominated. Even if she is nominated hell would have to freeze over for her to win.
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#23

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 2:24pm

And how about off-Broadway actors ? Do they get Equity scale or is that a different contract altogether ?

#24

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 2:25pm

Oh god, just stop. I was just stating the facts, about salaries and contracts, what THIS thread is about.

Do you know for sure who is gonna win? let alone be nominated? I'm sure you are a crazy GG fan, but just give it a rest. I said "should" because of course she might not.

Updated On: 3/24/07 at 02:25 PM

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Posted: 3/24/07 at 2:27pm

Yeah, there is a different contract for Off-Broadway productions.

On Broadway, the minimum is $1465, for Off, I think it's like $950 or something like that?