I do not question that Jeff was signed to a RUN OF THE PLAY contract - and that language was once upon a time possible (but not required) to be used. It has always been possible to sign an artist to 'Term Contracts', for any term of 6 months or longer. (I believe the term expires if the production closes!)
Why any Producer would have ever signed a 'Run of the Play' contract is a bit of a mystery to me.
Putting that aside - Playbill.com keeps saying "A 21-year veteran cast member who had been with the revival since it opened in 1996, Loeffelholz was the standby for Mary Sunshine. He was the last remaining cast member signed to their original run-of-show-contract, a standard agreement found in all Broadway production contracts meant to protect jobs for members of a show’s original cast."
There is certainly no such language in the current AEA production Contract. There is Term language, where a Producer and Artist can agree to lock in a certain number of years - or invent a run of play clause.
But in its basic format, the contract does not assume any fixed legnth of agreement other than what the Producer and Artist agrees. There is no guarantee explicity or implicitly noted the teh AEA contract guaranteeing an actor a role for life as long as the show runs. This is more or less of a myth. |
