Broadway Pay
Broadway Pay
AnothaPartofMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
#0Broadway Pay
Posted: 12/28/04 at 12:04pmHow much would one expect to make as an actor in a Broadway show? Obviously, a big star (i.e. Hugh Jackman, Nathan Lane, etc.) would make more than a younger actor with a lesser name. But how much would you get paid, say, if you were in the ensemble of a show like GOOD VIBRATIONS or ALL SHOOK UP?
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#1re: Broadway Pay
Posted: 12/28/04 at 12:05pmI know that the theatrical community started a fund in order to pay Andrew Lloyd Webber to write a musical again. Unfortunately we didn't raise enough.
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Ebonic_Singer
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/18/04
#3re: Broadway Pay
Posted: 12/28/04 at 12:30pmBroadway minimum, which is the least you can make to be in the ensemble of a show, is $1381 a week.
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#5re: Broadway Pay
Posted: 12/28/04 at 12:40pmListen to Rath -- she is correct.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: Broadway Pay
Posted: 12/28/04 at 12:49pmbut "big shots" like Hugh Jackman, Bernadette Peters... they definitely make a lot more don't they? or Principles at least, right?
#7re: Broadway Pay
Posted: 12/28/04 at 1:59pmI know what Carol Channing made per week on "Hello, Dolly!" in the last revival and What Robert Goulet made on "Camelot" approximately
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Updated On: 12/28/04 at 01:59 PM
erinrebecca
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
#8re: Broadway Pay
Posted: 12/28/04 at 4:06pmbroadwaybaby, yes the 'big shots' make more. A minimum is called a minimum for a reason.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#9re: Broadway Pay
Posted: 12/28/04 at 4:15pmI believe that those "big shots" can make anywhere from $25,000 to $100,000 a week. Good money!
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bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#10re: Broadway Pay
Posted: 12/28/04 at 4:22pmI've heard that the record goes to Michael Crawford for Dance of the Vampires, but I may be wrong.
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broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#12re: Broadway Pay
Posted: 12/28/04 at 4:37pmidina made about $20 grand until she won the tony, $30 afterwards. kristin and donna murphy made $30 for their runs, nathan and matthew made $100 for producers
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#13re: Broadway Pay
Posted: 12/28/04 at 4:51pmI think Broderick and Lane set a new record with their $100,000 a week for coming back to The Producers. The highest I've heard of outside of that is $50,000 a week.
#14re: Broadway Pay
Posted: 12/28/04 at 5:05pmKeep in mind that those stars making those huge salaries are most likely also getting a percentage of the box office which can raise those salaries substantially. $50,000 o $20,000 would be the base, but the checks could actually be for quite a bit more.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
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