Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Missing performances for a TV pilot?
#1Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 6:52pm
I was listening to Mathew Morrison talk about how he missed 2 weeks of performances in South Pacific so he could fly to LA to film the pilot of GLEE. He thanked Lincoln Center for their generosity on the subject. My question is, how rare is it for a performer to be able to miss weeks of performances for a tv thing or something not related to sickness?
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#2Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 7:17pm
Alan Cumming juggled filming of the good wife with cabaret. Jeremy Jordan also filmed smash on top of Newsies for a while.
Daniel Radcliffe had time off for Harry Potter press commitments during his how to succeed $ run too as a movie example.
Updated On: 6/17/15 at 07:17 PM
#2Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 7:18pm
Well in glee when Rachel Barry missed a performance of funny girl and she got fired and her show lasted one episode.
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#3Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 7:21pm
People are often granted time off for other ventures. Bryce Pinkham let GGLAM to do Heidi Chronicles. They don't get paid for the time, and often it increases their contract on the other end. It really depends on what is worked out between the actor and the producers.
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#4Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 7:30pmAndrew Rannells and Josh Gad both missed a week or two of Mormon in spring 2012 for their TV pilots. They didn't completely overlap, but they did at least a few of the days.
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#5Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 7:32pm
A lot of it I'm sure also depends on if the filming is in or around New York. Alan and Jeremy were lucky that Good Wife and Smash were filmed here so they don't have to miss many performances.
But back to topic, Peter Gallagher had scheduled absences from 20th Century to film a pilot that ultimately wasn't picked up.
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#6Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 8:19pm
Sutton foster missed 3 weeks of performances of anything goes to film the Bunheads pilot in LA. Stephanie j Block played Reno during those weeks and then replaced Sutton when her year contract was over. Her contract wasn't extended 3 weeks though.
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#7Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 8:34pm
I am sure they can have things like this put in their contracts.
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#8Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 8:59pm
Ah I see. So it isn't really that rare.
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#9Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 9:22pm
This would fall under the MRE (More Renumerative Employment) clause that is in most Equity contracts. In its simplest terms it means that if you receive short-term employment that will pay you more than what you are currently making on the contract you are currently under then you can leave to take that job. It has to be under another 4-A's contract (i.e., SAG-AFTRA, AGMA, AGVA, etc) and each contract will spell out additional terms such as how long you can take, how much notice you have to give, etc.
#10Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 10:42pm
AEA, I don't have time to look right now, but I do not think the MRE applies to the LCT hybrid production contract.
In most cases, these situations are worked out unless they are truly poorly timed. Everyone (except a few hard asses) understand that you can't really expect someone to pass up TV money. It also depends if the actor is on a term contract or near its end. I know of one case where an actor was at the very end of his term, asked to leave for a week and was told no. He said he would not renew if they didn't let him go, and it ended up that he left not to return. (He was sort of the odd man out in the cast so no one was sorry to see him leave. but it was harsh. obviously, if the producers had wanted him he would have been accommodated.) [The pilot was picked up. 
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#11Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 10:47pm
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#12Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 11:38pm
Cristin Milioti filmed "Wolf of Wall Street" during Once. It was filmed in NYC, so she didn't miss a large string of performances.
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#13Missing performances for a TV pilot?
Posted: 6/17/15 at 11:38pm
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