This question is really about Dear Evan Hansen, but I know it's not the first show to utilize voiceovers.
Do the actors who do the VO's get paid just for their recording session or do they get Equity minimum? Are their union rules on VO's or is it more of a case by case basis?
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RULE 57 (B) An Actor engaged solely for a recording who is not engaged to otherwise perform in the production will be signed to a contract and compensated at no less than two weeks' minimum salary for each 26 weeks' use of the recording.
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Is it a Rory O'Malley VO? I knew about Parker and Stone, but I thought each Moroni actor uses their own voice.
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David Ogden Stiers (the original Cogsworth in the film) recorded the narration in the prologue for the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. Given how long that show ran and the information posted above, I imagine that worked out quite well for him.
^By my calculation, somewhere in the neighbourhood of $100,000 over the 15 year run. (although he could have made over minimum) And that's just for the Broadway production. His voice was used worldwide.
^^^RULE 57 (B) An Actor engaged solely for a recording who is not engaged to otherwise perform in the production will be signed to a contract and compensated at no less than two weeks' minimum salary for each 26 weeks' use of the recording.
To the best of my knowledge, they did not change the voiceover track from 2nd Stage. I know Gerard Canonico (he was the male understudy) has jokingly mentioned he's still "on stage" every night. (He's now a part of the Groundhog Day ensemble.
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In BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, David Ogden Stiers was most certainly not used worldwide.
He did not do any foreign language production - there are readily locatable archive films to prove that.
He was not even used in the original London production or subsequent UK tour... that voice-over was performed by actor who portrayed Cogsworth in each production, just as Stiers narrated the prologue and voiced Cogsworth in the original film. I am not sure if those productions had a live voice over or recorded, but it was certainly not Stiers. You may easily locate the London cast recording to verify that.
I can not attest to the Toronto or Australian productions of the top of my head.
dramamama611 said: "To the best of my knowledge, they did not change the voiceover track from 2nd Stage. I know Gerard Canonico (he was the male understudy) has jokingly mentioned he's still "on stage" every night. (He's now a part of the Groundhog Day ensemble."
The cast listing is identical. 6 of the names have been listed going back to Arena Stage.