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Don't Take Off-Broadway for Granted

Posted by:	BestFriend 10:03 pm EDT 04/01/14
In reply to:	re: Who Should Subsidize Your Ticket? - Guillaume 09:54 pm EDT 04/01/14

In fact, the Equity contracts for Off-Broadway productions are a significantly lower wage scale than on Broadway, and the actors for a commercial one do get a higher wage. If you think the opportunity to earn the higher wage in the commercial production doesn't matter to an actor, I'd guess you're not an actor. Many people think the Off-Broadway scene is thriving as always. Actually, commercial Off-Broadway -- once a crucial seedbed of American theater -- is moribund. Thank 20 years of Republican mayors who favored Wall Street tax subsidies and luxury real estate development in Manhattan. What now exists are a group of complex hybrid institutions that rely on philanthropic and foundation support and a tiered wage structure. It's easy to criticize, but hard to run them with artistic vision and checks that don't bounce.

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Thread:	re: Don't Take Off-Broadway for Granted - AlanScott 11:56 pm EDT 04/01/14 (3) re: Don't Take Off-Broadway for Granted - BestFriend 12:34 am EDT 04/02/14 (2) re: Don't Take Off-Broadway for Granted - ryhog 05:05 pm EDT 04/02/14 re: Don't Take Off-Broadway for Granted - AlanScott 01:22 am EDT 04/02/14 re: Don't Take Off-Broadway for Granted - Guillaume 10:09 pm EDT 04/01/14 (1) re: Don't Take Off-Broadway for Granted - BestFriend 10:19 pm EDT 04/01/14

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