Minor yet memorable roles and salaries for actors — Page 2

The running costs for a big musical like Hamilton are typically said to be in the ballpark of 500-600k a week, right? And that includes ALL weekly salaries for everyone involved in the show (including backstage and front of house staff), costs for the theater ect ect.

So non of the actor can make that much, especially considering most of them were fairly unknown when they negotiated their contract and many in the ensemble probably don't get a lot more than the minimum. That is of course excluding actors with name recognition like Groff and Lin himself.

Like we all learned from the lab/workshop debate they do not get a share of the profits because they had a lab contract, but get a bit of a higher salary. But even a profit share wouldn't be that much.

At the end of day this is Broadway, not film or TV. There's a reason so many stage actors try to do some TV work here and there, and it's not just because of craft services

Yup, of course that would have been a huge chuck of money for those actors, but still nowhere near what northlandfan was talking about, that's all I meant when saying "not that much" in my previous post.

Scarywarhol said: "People generally overestimate how much Broadway performers are paid.

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I find the opposite to be true, actually. Many people seem to think that only actors in the upper echelon command big paydays. You'd be surprised how well some of the journeymen do. Never underestimate a good agent.

trpguyy said: "And then he also stars in it, gets royalties from In The Heights licensing, composes for Disney, and this little movie called Star Wars that might be a hit. He has more money than you and I will ever see, yet still has less than people who throw/kick/bat a ball around a field/court. "

LOL "might be a hit"? It's on track to become the highest grossing film of all time (without inflation).

Don't be fooled by the "percentage of profits" lines. Tom Hanks famously tells the story of how Forrest Gump has made hundreds of millions worldwide in the past 20 years but still hasn't seen a penny of his back end. He keeps being told "oh well, we had to market this rerelease, but it's right around the corner" and they haven't turned a profit.

celebritynetworth.com is DEFINITELY a reliable source.

God, what is with all these inane threads lately? I swear it's getting worse. The cast of Hamilton is doing fine. Lin is not making $1 million per week, that would mean they wouldn't be making any profit. LOGIC.

@ Yero, sorry but ya got it wrong.Leaving aside pool reductions, 15% max is more like it.

"For example having recently seen Hamilton I thoroughly enjoyed the role of King George played by Jonathan Groff. When you consider that he is on stage for probably 10 minutes maximum throughout the whole show "

Off topic a bit but I was wondering if he will get a Tony nomination (Supporting Role) for only being on stage 10 minutes.

I wouldn't be surprised if both Lindsay k northern and Christine Dwyer are making as much as the leads over at wicked. They have both been with the show for quite sometime and Christine Dwyer was the lead at some point.