| Why are there not laws about profit sharing for this very reason? | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 11:33 pm EST 01/05/18 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 11:31 pm EST 01/05/18 | |
| In reply to: Anthony Ramos: 'Hamilton' didn't make 'any of us rich,' but it has 'helped open doors' - WaymanWong 06:10 pm EST 01/05/18 | |
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| It's insane to me that producers can charge above the standard ticket price, make incredible profits (because the show is not budgets to only work if it makes 3 million week, it is budgeted for more like, what, 800k a week? So shouldn't the members of the cast, who must do their job a new every single show (unlike the director and writers who get a percentage of the box office, long after their day to day job is done, etc) and who are also (and often largely) who the audience is coming to see, see their salaries go up with direct relation to the ticket sales? I think it's insane that a lead in a Broadway musical, with all that's required of them, and everything they must pay for out of pocket to have what it takes, be prepared, maintain themselves and their health and their skills etc, plus paying an agent and sometimes also manager, etc etc, can only make $1800 a week, in NYC, when tickets are now in the $120-180 level if not like Hamilton where they are significantly more. And I don't even mean just the original cast - though I do think, at least for the leads, that there should be some kind of percentage of royalties in perpetuity for those who created and shaped the roles originally... but i mean for all cast members performing, original and replacement. Their salaries should be directly linked to the ticket price. If the producers get a "raise" so should the cast. How has this not been addressed by Equity?! Am I the only one this doesn't make sense to? |
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