Rocktopia not paying chorus broadway salaries.

Did you read my post? It's being sold as a concert and concerts do not fall under Equity's jurisdiction. So, what legal requirement? There is none. They're not even advertising it as a "chorus" but a choir.

$250 a week is a joke and is not anywhere close to a livable wage. This is exploitation because producers know that performers are desperate. F*CK these producers.

Rocktopia is marking all comments about this as spam on social media.

I also tried to express my concerns and they removed my comments. I will not support this show.

Rob Evans, the co-creator of this, also has a facebook that actually allows wallposts.

Let him know.

https://www.facebook.com/RobEvanRockTenor/

It's not a "Broadway show," there's no need to get up in arms.

Do you think pop stars like Frankie Valli, Barry Manilow, or Donny & Marie give their back-up singers Equity contracts when they do a few weeks in a Broadway theatre? This is the same deal.

It's a pop concert renting a Broadway house. It happens (and it used to happen more frequently than it does now).

Updated On: 3/6/18 at 04:07 PM

The difference with Frankie Valli and Barry Manilow is that they only played for like 10 or so performances and weren’t trying to make a Broadway style run of their show. They also never played eight shows a week. If Rocktopia is an open-ended run playing eight times a week then I view it differently than the “special events” listed above.

Is Bruce Springsteen on an Equity contract? I'd guess not.

And Rocktopia is a concert - just like Home for the Holidays. It sucks they're paying their chorus what they are, but if it's not Equity's jurisdiction, what can you do?

I guess those of us who actually understand this can keep posting the same thing, and those who don't can keep posting what they're posting. It's a six-week run, it's a concert, and it has nothing to do with Equity. Equity is naturally trying to insert themselves into it - that's what they do - but they haven't a leg to stand on. And as I said way up the page, Equity is calling it a chorus, the producers are calling it a choir. And leave Rob Evan alone. He's a good guy. He is completely operating correctly under whatever contract and union they are under. Do you think Liza at the Palace was on an Equity contract for her or her back-up singers and dancers? That was a four-week run, and no, they were not.

And I might also add that the $250 figure is coming from Equity and is not actually attributed to anyone, so you can just assume Equity is indulging in hyperbole - no one has any idea what they're paying members of the choir.

Updated On: 3/6/18 at 05:27 PM

CurtainPullDowner said: "It is totally unfair and unjust to pay what they are paying.

I just hope this doesn't lead to a cancellation and the 40 singers lose their jobsand chance to sing ob Broadway."



Neither you nor anyone else in this thread knows what they're actually paying. You can't believe Equity on this - they have an agenda and as always with them, they are not above lying to achieve it. Those of us in LA know that all too well.