I looked all over equity's website and I can't find there requirements for salaries? Does anyone know what the normal salary is for an actor in a supporting role in a musical. Say one of guys in Spring Awakening ? Thanks! Updated On: 2/6/07 at 06:49 PM
The current minimum salary under the Standard Production Contract (Broadway) is $1485/week (give or take a few bucks depending on whether one is also an understudy, a standby, swing, etc....).
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"Confidential info" that is freely available to the public on the Equity website, public casting notices in Backstage, Playbill and countless other places.
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Go to Actorsequity.org and click on casting call, choose "Eastern" in the region prompt, read any of the the casting notices and you will see the minimum salaries for the contract.
Also fyi production minimum is going up from 1465 to 1509. also keep in mind that there are increments on the production contract for small featured ensemble parts, understudying, and hazard pay. This information is not confidential and never was.
Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?
Also, if you go to the Actor's Equity website and click on "Document Library" and then "Agreements" you can read the entire agreement that Equity has with the League, which includes almost all of the Broadway theaters. You can learn about the Equity rules for everything from salary minimums to costumes to hotel reservations to dance captain duties.
There was an Open call for kids in THE LION KING in THE NEW YORK POST and they printed the salary. I thought those kids were making more than minimum, but I guess not.
Kids' salaries can be weird because a lot of times they don't do 8 shows a week. Not sure how it works at Lion King in particular, and I've never done a Broadway show with kids, so I'm not really well-versed in the nuts-and-bolts of their working rules. But that would be my guess if you think it sounds low.
And lets not forget that wonderful Equity "stipend" that actors get when doing a showcase in NYC. Reimbursement of your travel expenses; usually a monthly Metrocard. Ah, the glamour!
production contracts are few and far between. Most actors, even well respected broadwya actors make most of their living through regional gigs....that can be anywhere between $500-$1300....don't get in this business for the money. THAT"S for sure!
there are eq contracts that are WAY lower than $500 a week. I've actually been in work weeks where my non-eq DT workin' pals have been pulling in a much bigger weekly salary than moi. Plus they get to eat off that yummy buffet on perf nights.
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I got my card working for $348 a week as the PSM. The actors were making $300. Funny story, our show had been touring, and in our last city before New York, I was having dinner with the producer. He asked if I knew any sound people who could work the show in New York. I said I knew someone but wasn't sure what she'd think about the money. I asked if he knew how much it would pay. "I was thinking $350." And my fork made it halfway to my mouth and stopped -- "Uh... that's more than I make." And he kind of stammered and eventually said, "Well... yeah. But only by a little."
It's not rare for the crew to be making more than the Equity members, but when you're talking numbers like that it's even more insulting. And this was not even a skilled position like mixing a musical or anything -- they were paying someone more than the PSM to push the play button. As someone else said, don't do it for the money. Unfortunately, producers know that's not why we do it. Stagehands almost always do it for the money, so they get taken seriously and paid a living wage.
"Stagehands almost always do it for the money, so they get taken seriously and paid a living wage."
There are nowhere near as many people vying for stagehand positions as for performing positions. Performing isn't a career people go into for money - you go into it because it's your passion and it brings you joy.
If you want to go into a career based on money, you'll be more willing to do something that's not as enjoyable. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any lawyers.
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