I say it's not a real job and people who are into professional theater & acting are NOT real people. I'm sorry to say but it's true. Since I'm professional for being ordinary, you don't even know what it is like to walk down the streets without being recognized, you probably will never live the life that we ordinary people are living right now.
The vast majority of Broadway actors do not get recognized when walking down the streets. The theatre is an industry and Broadway acting is very difficult.
Are you saying that actors are robots? Or did you forget to take your medication?
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Why would you think acting, on Broadway or anyone else, is not a real job? Why do you think Broadway actors (whether or not they be publicly recognized) are not real people?
The current Broadway minimum salary is $1700/week. That's $88,400 per year and that is the absolute minimum one can make on Broadway. With the average person in the U.S. making less than $30,000 per year, I don't even see what you're talking about. Then again, I'm not even sure why I'm entertaining this discussion with you.
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
I think that acting IS a real job. It can pay very well too. You don't have to be Bernadette Peters or Patti LuPone to make a living off Broadway. I believe the equity min. wage is some where around 1500/wk, but most people a good bit more than that depending on size of role and if they are big Broadway name. Obviously, Nathan Lane probably made a lot more money than Douglas Sills in THE ADDAMS FAMILY, but that's becuase Nathan is very well known. I remember reading somewhere than Nathan made around 50k/wk, but obviously Douglas didn't make near that much, I'm sure he did make a good living off of it though. I mean, honestly, he's playing a beloved character than many people grew up to know and love.
Theatre is my life. No one can take that away from me.
For those of you "cyber-arguing" with this troll. Don't waste your time. It's clear "it" just joined this board to rile people up and honestly the more you feed "it" the more "it" gets off on it.
"I don't want the pretty lights to come and get me."-Homecoming 2005
"You can't pray away the gay."-Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy.
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It is silly to get riled, but there are probably people who ignorantly believe that acting is not real work, that performing eight shows a week is too limited a time to qualify as a full time job, let alone at that compensation. While OP may be young, irascible, etc., I feel the need to comment (although I admit it would be best to stay silent on an issue that seems so obviously resolved).
Acting is not just showing up and performing at curtain and leaving thereafter. It requires very hard work, continued conditioning, continued immersion in and study of a role, high stress for many, less for others (as in any other job), adapting to changing conditions of performance, including working with new colleagues on stage and off, keeping oneself physically, vocally and spiritually fit for the task, and all the while, looking for and or working on your next gig. And I'm sure I'm only scratching the surface.
Perhaps gardy is Ann Romney. I mean, he/she/it did use the phrase "you people."
>>> that what you people claim it is.
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