Hollywood Actors vs Broadway Actors

"do hollywood actors and celebs appreciate broadway actors??"

This is a rather silly question, considering how often performers do both. They may be on different coasts, but it's not as if once you choose one, you're locked into it for the rest of your life.

Updated On: 11/26/08 at 04:07 PM

There is no financial incentive, though. Someone like Tom Cruise can make $25 million per movie (God only knows why, but that's another discussion for another day). Stage work might give him a different type of credibility as an actor, but he has no tangible incentive to do something that would cause him to take a massive pay cut and possibly take him away from an opportunity that could make him tens of millions of dollars.

Or, some people who do film work just don't want to do stage work. I'm sure there are also people who do stage work who have no interest in film work.

And for the love of God, if you want to carry on a serious discussion, use the shift key.

yeah, and also for all the edited pop music out there..they have nothing on what it takes to belt out live 8 shows a week

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Yes, I think Hollywood actors respect Broadway actors. Many B list Hollywood actors make their way to the boards in order to revive flagging careers and to be given more credibility as a "serious" actor. Even A listers like Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington are lured to Broadway. Even for unknowns, casting directors in LA still pay attention to NY credits.

Things have changed--20 years ago classically trained actors would be embarrassed to do a TV show...now that some of the best writers are going to Hollywood that stigma is no longer there...it's increasingly difficult to create a sustained career doing just theatre...still, the myth that the best actors are in NY is still pervasive.

Though it happens less and less, there are still many established and rising Hollywood actors who were first discovered working in NY Theatre: Alison Pill, Jason Butler Harner, Dan Fogler, to name a few.

Bobby,

Alison Pill has been doing tv and films since she was 12 years old. Although she's done a lot of theatre in the past five years, it wasn't responsible for her being 'discovered'.