Every principal actor in this production makes well above union minimum. Their exact salaries are no one's business except for themselves and their managers. As others have said, virtually every actor employed on a principal contract makes above minimum.
I've seen this kind of thing happen more times than you'd imagine in my 25+ years working in theater. Usually, if an actor is sick and feels there's a chance he won't be able to finish the performance, he'll alert stage management and his cover will be at the ready, in costume, to go on at a moment's notice. Sounds like that's what happened tonight.
The production was slapped together very quickly. Tarantino, at that point the hottest director in Hollywood, was total stunt casting. The run was only supposed to be for 12 weeks, but he ended up leaving the show very quickly after the negative reviews came out and didn't finish the run. FWIW, I saw it and he was pretty flat; Tomei, though miscast, gave at least a competent and professional performance.
The play was hopelessly dated 20 years ago -- I can't imagine how che
SomethingPeculiar said: "I'm just remembering:Phantom, Cinderella, and Mamma Mia all partnered on a promotion to advertise their Thursday matinees a few years ago (and Matilda also did someThurs matinees). Phantom must do well enough with their Thursday matineeto justify it, sort of like the shows that have shows on Monday nights.
Unrelated, but I think ONCE ON THIS ISLAND has the most bizarre schedule: Friday night Saturday two shows Sunday two sh
Dave13 said: "I have never understood why more shows do not offer Tuesday or Thursday matinees. Its a gem whenever you can find one."
Lots of productions have tried to implement Thursday or Friday matinees over the years, but the concept has never really taken off. Unlike the West End, where midweek matinees throughout the week are common, Wednesday is really ingrained as the "matinee day" here. PHANTOM is the only show that seems to have consistently made
JVJ93 said: "Cynthia was attached in previous workshops but she’s been replaced by Espinosa and after the raves for her and Cusacks performances, I don’t see it changing if/when they move the project forward"
Although Cynthia Erivo did a public reading of the show at Williamstown last summer, Eden Espinosa has been attached to the project off and on for several years, so it makes sense that she would do it once it got to the point of a full production
I saw the original production, and the film has long been a guilty pleasure. That said, I'm not sure how well it would work today. It's really not a great play to begin with, and it's very much of it's time -- particularly in how it portrays being transgender.
The idea that Rigg's contract would be voided or bought out because of her comments about Ambrose is patently ridiculous and shows how little many people here understand about business. I have no inside information about this situation, but assuming it's true that Rigg is leaving the show in two months' time, she's likely either exercising her right to leave the show by giving sufficient notice, or her contract was always set to end in September -- which is plausible since the
Yaaaaaassss!!!! I’m all for it. I was getting worried since there wasn’t much buzz about it transferring until recently.
Im also happy that they’re looking for new leads. Just based off of the clips I’ve seen and mo
Loren Lott to Lead Once On This Island Jul 17
2018, 03:26:22 AM
Not to sound shady, but wasn’t Hailey already missing a fair amount of performances before this? I saw the show twice, once in April and once in June (right before the Tonys), and she was out both times. I’ve heard from lots of friends about her being out when they saw the show. I’m not doubting the severity of her injury now and I wish her a speedy recovery, but it seems like she was having attendance problems that predate her current situation.
What is the understudy like?--she couldn't be 'less' known to the general public than Ms Ambrose.
That's a good point. The number of people who are seeing this production specifically for Ambrose is likely very small. She's barely a household name. Her biggest credit is a supporting role on an arty TV show that's been off the air more than a decade. She hasn't made a feature film since 2012. She's done a few small roles on Broadway and two shows
Jessie Mueller: On A Clear Day... (CD?) Jul 8
2018, 01:22:06 PM
I believe the production recorded a sampler CD for Tony voters, which may be findable somewhere. But no cast recording was ever commercially released.
Betty lives on a working ranch in Texas, and I know for a fact has turned down a handful of Broadway/long-term offers in the past, because of the financial/practical implications that would be required for her to be away from her ranch for an extended period of time. Over the years, she has preferred concerts and short runs, although I guess for the right project (like the HELLO DOLLY tour) she's willing to commit to a longer run.
I'm a middle-aged, nonwhite gay man who's been going to the theater since I was a kid and working in theater (and related industries) for more than 25 years. Lately I've seen people argue that expecting any standard of behavior from people is exclusionary, classist, etc. It's crazy. There was a time in the not-so-recent past where people didn't have to be told not to take a phone call in their seat during the show, or loudly chow down on crisps, or put their damn feet on t
Williamstown Theatre Festival is a professional regional theater. It only operates in the summer. They have transferred a number of productions to Broadway/New York, but that is definitely not the goal of everything that is produced there. That said, when I worked briefly in Williamstown as an intern (early nineties), the focus was much less on producing new works or things that might be Broadway-bound and more on top-notch productions of classic plays. There seems to have been a shift in rec
