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Swiftynifty15
Broadway Star Joined: 9/18/04
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 5:04pmDo replacements get paid as much as the original? Because they are working just as hard. Would Shosh get the same as Idina or Carly Jibson the Same as Marissa?
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 5:20pmI highly doubt it. Shoshana (though such a sweet girl and I love her) is not nearly as well known as Idina. Idina is a name...plus she's a Tony award winner...so is Marissa. I really doubt their replacements get paid as much. Unless they cast someone as famous or more famous than the original.
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 5:23pmFrom what I understand, don't people NEGOTIATE their contracts? God bless agents! hehe
#3re: Replacements $
Posted: 1/21/05 at 5:26pmYes contracts are negotiated...but there's no way an agent can negotiate a producer to pay Carly Jibson as much as Marissa Jaret Winokur was paid...and the same for Shoshana and Idina...Marissa and Idina are Tony award winning actresses which means that they are going to get paid more than their replacements will unless their replacements are also as famous as the originals...or more famous for that matter.
pndmnd
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/04
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 5:27pmWhat are pay rates for Broadway actors? I know that the minimum for an equity contract on Broadway is around $1300 to $1400, but how do they go up from there?
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#5re: Replacements $
Posted: 1/21/05 at 5:30pm
"Idina is a name."
Not really. I mean, to the Broadway community, yes, but not the average person. I think Sosh is just as well known. Idina really has not done that many productions. The only thing she has over Sosh is a Tony award.
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 5:36pmWell, perhaps she didn't get as much in the beginning...but I can guarantee you her pay was increased after she won the TONY, no doubt about it. The show has made her pretty well known...if only in NY...but she is more known than Shosh. I mean, I love Shosh, but she's not getting paid as much as a Tony award winner.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 5:49pm
Oh no. Idina is a name within this community. She was nominated for a Tony for a very well-received turn in RENT and was also Drama Desk-nominated for her work in THE WILD PARTY. As lovely and talented as Shoshana Bean is, she doesn't come close to having the leveraging power that Idina had. At all.
You would be SHOCKED to hear what they offered to Laura Bell Bundy for the replacement for G'linda.
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 5:54pm
Shoshana is no where as well known as Idina.
See, why JLT gets first billing now? Because, she's a bigger name. She has been nominated for a Tony, had a big part in Urinetown, which she recieved great acclaim for. Also was a lead in Footloose.
It's all politics.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 5:55pmBut I can pretty much guarantee that neither are making what Ms. C and Ms. M were getting when the run started.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 5:58pmYes I dont see why it matters how much they get paid as long as they do their job. And do it well.
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 6:04pmrobbiej-I would LOVE to hear what they offered LBB. That is, if you are at liberty to say....
Wishes come true, not free.
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 7:04pmwhatyouown, your icon creeps me out to a severe degree.
Chote887
Stand-by Joined: 9/8/04
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 7:17pm
Idina made over $20,000 a week in wicked, one of the absolute highest salaries on broadway.
I don't know shoshana's salary, but it is surely not that high.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 7:20pmIdina's contract stipulated an automatic salary increase if she won the Tonhy.
#16re: Replacements $
Posted: 1/21/05 at 7:32pmChote887, What is your source for this??? I'm not challenging it but would like to know for solid validity.
Chote887
Stand-by Joined: 9/8/04
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 7:47pm
My source is the vat of useless knowledge in my brain.
I can't provide a legitimate source, but I read an article comparing the enormous salaries of Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane during their return stint in the producers (of $100,000 a week) to other broadway performers.
Idina and Kristin were mentioned of having salaries of about $20,000 a week. As stated in previouis comments, Idina's salary probably rose after her tony win.
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Posted: 1/21/05 at 7:53pmVery interesting. Thanks.
#19re: Replacements $
Posted: 1/21/05 at 8:00pmthe statement about nathan and matthew's salaries being $100,000 a week is true...Jennifer Costello, a producer of 'The Producers' told me this figure, and she also had to fix my jaw back into place.
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
#20re: Replacements $
Posted: 1/21/05 at 11:35pmI was curious if you meant shocked at how much the offered LBB or shocked at how little...I would love to know which one!
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