Broadway Pay

#1

Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 12:04pm

How 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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#2

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 12:05pm

I 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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#3

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 12:26pm

Wha?

#4

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 12:30pm

Broadway minimum, which is the least you can make to be in the ensemble of a show, is $1381 a week.

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#5

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 12:32pm

???

Updated On: 12/28/04 at 12:32 PM

#6

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 12:40pm

Listen to Rath -- she is correct.

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#7

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 12:49pm

but "big shots" like Hugh Jackman, Bernadette Peters... they definitely make a lot more don't they? or Principles at least, right?

#8

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 1:59pm

I 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

#9

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 4:06pm

broadwaybaby, yes the 'big shots' make more. A minimum is called a minimum for a reason.

#10

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 4:15pm

I believe that those "big shots" can make anywhere from $25,000 to $100,000 a week. Good money!

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#11

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 4:22pm

I've heard that the record goes to Michael Crawford for Dance of the Vampires, but I may be wrong.

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#12

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 4:36pm

bobby is green!

#13

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 4:37pm

idina 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

#14

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 4:51pm

I 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.

#15

re: Broadway Pay

Posted: 12/28/04 at 5:05pm

Keep 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.

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