| re: I realize you are just being snarky, but... | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 02:42 am EST 01/07/18 | |
| In reply to: I realize you are just being snarky, but... - ryhog 02:09 pm EST 01/06/18 | |
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| Not to mention turning down other work that would have the chance to be more lucrative for them. But to be clear -- i was already clear, but I'll say it again (not to you, to the poster you replied to) -- I am not saying the cast should share in ANY profit. The standard salary the get should be based on the standard ticket price... they should be paid, as they are, for their work. I AM suggesting that if producers raise the tickets prices above standard because of demand (and/or greed), the actors should get a raise... the same way movie and tv actors do. If the product they were in is shown more times, they get more residuals. It's a pretty common concept. Broadway actors (or any level of stage acting) are not paid exceptionally well in the first place, we're not talking about supremely well compensated artists who just want to make it harder for producers to make a big profit. And if the show is a flop I don't think this would come up since there'd be no demand and therefor no cause to charge for tickets above standard pricing. I also, crazy man that I am, think that actors who were involved in official readings and paid *substantially* below normal actor pay (which is true of most readings) should, if the show goes to full production, whether they go with it or not, get some kind of backpay for their work in helping the project get off its feet or get developed or get sold to producers and investors. Maybe that's a full week's salary for the week they did (or however many work days it was), it more. But the workshop racket is one of the biggest scams for actors in theater but it's unavoidable - actors can't usually risk turning it down, and producers and writers can't often afford to pay full scale for these things... which is why I say the should have to pay the workshop actors backpay *if* the show goes into a production. (Kind of how non-profits get to pay at a big discount but once they go past their schedule run in the season they have to switch to a Production contract and pay everyone standard broadway rates. ) |
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