Pay forBroadway Stars in Regional

[Theatrefanboy1]

Posted: 3/22/22 at 12:22am

I’m curious what pay rates generally would be for smaller names Broadway stars for regional theatre in Toronto or La Jolla or Other venues that would generally be used for out of town cities.  For someone of a Kyle Dean Massey or Laura Osnes or Corey Cott or Matt Doyle type performer. Like would they be looking at 10000 a week? More? Less?  Certainly it would be above the union ensemble minimum. Any ideas?

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 3/22/22 at 11:40am

I would be surprised if any of those you named were getting $10,000 a week even on Broadway, certainly not at any regional theatre. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/22/22 at 11:58am

Generally those venues pay union minimum + housing, transportation, per diem, etc. Similar to off-Bway venues like the Public or the Broadway nonprofits. The pay isn't great. Sometimes the theatres even have policies in place where all the actors must be paid the same amount.

If commercial producers are attached, that's a different story. There could be a "holding fee" paid out by the commercial producer to help make up for a small LORT salary. Or they may owe the actors $X per week if they don't offer the actors a contract for the Broadway production. And separately, the tier of workshop/lab agreements with profit participation is a factor. (After HAMILTON moved to Broadway, those producers famously paid additional money to those who had appeared in the Public production to offset that salary, in addition to profit participation)

If you're a summer stock company or a lower-tier theatre or guest-artist-contract company, you should expect to pay through the nose for any artist who could "sell tickets" or boost your profile.