Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth Only Made $2700 Each To Host The Tonys?

http://pagesix.com/2016/02/10/kristin-chenoweth-and-alan-cumming-reveal-how-much-tony-hosts-get-paid/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=P6Facebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow That is a ridiculous amount!

Updated On: 2/10/16 at 07:42 PM

That's about two weeks pay as a regular principal on Broadway. Not the best but certainly not the worst.

I miss arguing with Hunter and then getting invited to his house to try and shut me up.

Does anyone what nph made? And what James corden will be making. I bet they would still make a low amount since they both did/will be working for CBS at the time they host(ed)

Greyhound only costs about $200.00 one way. Surely he can busk the cost back from his fellow passengers doing karaoke !

its AHHH MAAAH ZHIIINNGG!!

CindersGolightly said: "That's about two weeks pay as a regular principal on Broadway. Not the best but certainly not the worst.

"This is NOT true....LOL! Where did you get these numbers? An ensemble member alone makes almost double that in 2 weeks.

TV isn't theater.

2700 is hardly worth the time and effort put into it. I'm sure Hugh Jackman got paid FAR more than that.

It does seem very little considering it's a live TV special that required lots of rehearsal, and they both did a TON of press in the days/weeks leading up to it, and were also co-writers of the material (although they also joked about how heavily they were censored in the kinds of jokes they wanted to do lol)

But they way it was presented really wasn't meant as a complaint. It was a funny sketch they did as part of Allen's show. The way they talked about it was that they described how much hard and stressful work the whole thing was, and that you'd expect to get lots of $$ because it's a big TV gig. Then they asked the audience to guess, then gave the number, and continued by saying they were of course only told after they had agreed to do it. And then Kristin added it wouldn't even pay for a pair of Louboutin's, pointing to her sparkly shoes (I don't know where the subway fare reference comes from, I didn't hear that being said?).

The whole thing was quite hilarious, fitting with the theme of them singing "Easy Street" before, and was anything but a rant or complaint. Just to put that into perspective :) Kristin has said many times in the months after she would do it again if asked, so she clearly didn't mind too much. Just enough to make fun of it.

What they did for love......

If that other article is true that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler got "low six figures" (meaning something like $250,000) to host the Golden Globes, the $2700 figure is ridiculous. No wonder no one wants to do it.

I am having trouble finding online what the union minimum is for appearing as a principal performer on a 3 hour long television show, but I don't think it's that much lower than $2700.

(Of course, the Super Bowl halftime performers work for free, so maybe that's CBS's pitch to the Tonys host. "This is like being on the Super Bowl!"

mike said: Of course, the Super Bowl halftime performers work for free, so maybe that's CBS's pitch to the Tonys host. "This is like being on the Super Bowl!"

This can't be true. The performers on the Super Bowl aren't paid???