How much do actors make on Broadway? — Page 3

ssfun,
I am going to assume that you are being truthful and asking for advice. That said I think the reason you find yourself mocked is that you are saying you are "too good" to work hard and the lead should just be given to you. It's like going to a fortune 500 company and saying I went to college and my family thinks I'm the greatest so make me CEO I don't work in any office lower than that.
This is why you are being mocked. Other than that I know of no successful performer that got into the business for money. There are much easier ways to make money.
I wish you luck.

Updated On: 11/16/07 at 03:09 PM

If you want to keep your head from getting too big when you are a success next month, you can take $100.00 of your Broadway star salary, change it into $5.00 bills, take it on the subway and give it away to people who don't really need it. It won't change their lives but you'll feel even better about your success!

Make sure you come here to announce that you've done it. (a video would be nice) Then we'll know you've really made it after all!!!

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>> If you want to keep your head from getting too big when you
>> are a success next month, you can take $100.00 of your
>> Broadway star salary, change it into $5.00 bills. . .

Wow, sounds cool! If only the people who did it were Broadway stars. But, they were aspiring and used their regular "day job" incomes (in no way near a Broadway star salary), just to be kind.

And hey, if these people did have a Broadway star salary, I am positive they would've taken a helluva lot more than $100.00 of their salary. In fact, I know it! They would've given away $100.00 to twenty people or more . . . as that is the plan [when they are Broadway stars or film stars].

>> take it on the subway and give it away to people who don't
>> really need it.

Yet, they take it! Interesting, huh? And many did need it . . . as they carefully chose a more needy neighborhood. And you are assuming they don't need it. And if they don't "need it" no one broke their arms to take it. But, you never bothered to check that out. You just assume -- which basically makes you close-minded and shallow.

>> It won't change their lives but you'll feel even better about
>> your success!

Sometimes it feels good to give, too . . . just to do it. No one had a goal to "change the lives" of the people, in a poorer neighborhood, on the train. It was a gesture about paying forward what one does have. None of claimed to be successful Broadway stars . . . we merely claimed to feel life is good, successful (no matter your income) and we all have something we can give and are glad to do it.

>> Make sure you come here to announce that you've done it. (a
>> video would be nice) Then we'll know you've really made it
>> after all!!!

Yeah, I would rather people who feel incredible about life, and enjoy encouraging others to utilize the gifts they have . . .be it $5.00, a hearing ear, a volunteer for any charity or an idea to make sandwiches for the homeless . . . should NEVER share it, but keep it secret so other people can feel like they are too poor or have nothing to give. No, don't let them (or us)encourage anyone to be kind! That would be wrong, obviously.

And I am sorry to have offended you so badly. I will gladly send you $5.00 if you feel jilted.

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I'm confused about why so many members are responding to ssfun's posts. He is obviously a troll, I could tell from his second post in this thread.

I find his innocence charming...we were all that wide eyed and fresh at one time in our youth.

The other people on the board are absolutely right: as a true actor, NO role should be beneath you. Every role (that you actually DO get) is an opportunity to learn, grow and make contacts. Those aspects shouldn't be overlooked in your hurry to pursue "only leads".

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This thread has just crossed over to BEST THREAD OF THE DAY land. It might have won the BEST THREAD OF THE WEEK award, were it not for stupid deer.

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This thread might have been fun if the guy were for real.

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Jane...come here.

I have something to tell you I don't want the others to hear.

Shhhhhh....

What's fun are the posters TREATING ssfun as if he were real.

And that list of roles he posted is f*cking genius! I mean...Lord Boxington in MFL??? Rock on!

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I LOVE this THREAD ...

Is this the effect of the STRIKE to posters here? I will make my own too !
Very interesting week !!

J*

Updated On: 11/16/07 at 04:58 PM

Here's the real deal love....

Working on Broadway goes far beyond just having talent. You also have to have the heart. The people who have careers on Broadway got them because once upon a time they got up at 5AM to take the train into Midtown in the middle of winter when it was cold to go stand on line to get on the list for a chorus call. They ate soup and PB and J Sandwiches instead of steak so they could afford that weeks voice lesson and lived in apartments with milk crates as dinning room tables because they couldn't afford anything else. They wanted to be on that stage more than anything else in the world and were willing to make the necessary sacrifices to get there.

They learned to take what they could get and use it to the best advantage. Perfect example of the "Broadway Fairy Tale" Would be Sutton Foster. She was the understudy for Millie and the girl playing Millie had to leave the show during its pre-broadway run. Sutton took over and wound up winning the Tony that year and has worked pretty much every season in something since.


So my point is that if you are serious about being a broadway performer look at each role and each audition as an opportunity. Don't ever think that anything is below you. Put your heart into everything that comes your way and use every opportunity you are given to refine your craft.

As long as you do that.. Your talent will shine through and you will get noticed and you will get the parts that you want.

"I don't want to wait in line and audition for Broadway."

Either this is one of the best jokes ever, or you sir are just a jack a$$.

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