How much money do normal broadway stars make?
This varies by production and what you mean by "star." An actor in a Broadway show produced under a League contract (this includes a majority of commercial productions) has a base salary of $1703 per week under current Actors Equity contracts. There is no guarantee above this for any "starring" role, but usually contracts are negotiated to be significantly higher. In fact, many stars not only negotiate a higher base salary but can negotiate to get a percentage of the gross of the production, similar to what you might see in Hollywood. Perhaps the highest publicly known base salary for Broadway stars were for Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in the Producers, where their salaries were over $100,000 per week. Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig made over $50,000 a week plus a percentage of the production grosses while in the play A Steady Rain on Broadway. However, these are "big name" stars and they command higher salaries than a lot of actors who are in lead roles but don't necessarily have a drive at the box office. In fact, it's very possible that a star can make significantly less than a chorus member. For an example, if we assume an actor in a lead role is getting the base rate of $1,703 a week compare that to a member of the chorus who is also a swing. That person would get $1,703 + $85.15 for their work as a swing. Further, dance captains, understudies, actors who move the set, actors who take unusual physical risks and actors with riders/extensions can make incremental amounts above the base salary.
Is it harder to become a top actor or a top Broadway star?
Both they are both acting and they are kind of the same you gotta audition against other actors for the part so yeah there both the same except Broadway is live and movie acting your allowed to make mistakes when your doing a scene hope this help good luck:)
How to get into Broadway?
"Getting into Broadway" is not as simple as being given a few tips. There are thousands and thousands of people trying to make it in the theatre world, and the number who are performing on Broadway is very, very small compared to the number of actors in the country. A lot of those so called "talent agencies" are scam artists who offer no real opportunity with directors and casting agents, and you'll only lose money working through them, so be very cautious before doing anything that advertises that sort of thing. The best tips to make it in New York are probably the following: Get involved with as much theatre in your area as possible. Meet as many theatre people in shows as possible. Go to school and study theatre. Audition, audition, audition. Becoming a performer is an incredibly difficult path - the number of people who have a 42nd street type break in New York are so few and far between that it isn't really feasible to imagine something like that happening. Being a Broadway actor takes a lot of talent, a ton of hard work, and more perseverance and patience than I can emphasize here. It isn't easy, but if you want to, then study as hard as you can and learn as much as you can about acting and the theatre and with any luck, you'll be on Broadway someday.
How hard is it to become an actor?
There’s a huge difference between “How hard is it to become an actor?” and "How hard is it to become a successful actor?"If you love acting, you can be an actor. That’s it.If you want to be a SUCCESSFUL actor .. be forewarned, this is not a field you can succeed in if you are half-assing it.The work required to get an agent is ridiculous.Then, once you have an agent, there's no guarantee that you'll be going out on frequent auditions — the agent SUBMITS you for the auditions, but it's actually the Casting Director who decides if they want to see you read for a part. If you're lucky (and have a great agent, awesome headshots, THE RIGHT marketable look, etc), you'll get to go out on a lot of auditions — maybe a few per week.Auditioning is now your full time job. You get a script, usually within 24 hours of the audition, and have to memorize and prepare a fully developed character. What you have to understand is that most film directors don't adjust the actors that much at all, which is why when you go to YouTube to watch the audition tapes of people who booked parts, they look exactly like they do in the final film. So really, you have 24 hours to prepare a final-edit, cinema-ready character.If you happen to be exactly what they're looking for, you might get the part. Maybe.I’ve heard the number thrown around that a good actor can book one role for every hundred of those auditions.That's if you're lucky. And marketable. And talented. And personable. And hard-working. And in the right place at the right time.That's a basic breakdown. The better known you are, the better your chances. But it is reeeeally fucking hard to actually break into this industry and make a name for yourself. Hell, it's hard to even make a living at this.Now, if you just want to act, and don't care about fame or fortune, it's a much easier bar to reach. Ready?For stage: find local theaters. Audition. You might not get cast the first time. Keep trying.For screen: you have a camera phone, right? Make a web series. Write, direct, and star. Put it on YouTube. Just keep making work.It's a process. Acting, despite what many will lead you to believe, is not an easy field. I recommend not pursuing it unless you absolutely love it, because, as you can see, it takes sincere commitment over an extended period of time.If it's what you love to do? Do it. It's so worth it.Originally answered as: How do you know if you have chance to be an actor?
Why is Broadway singing super nasal compared to pop music?
It’s is actually not in most cases. People singing live usually are projecting their voice farther and louder than pop-singers, who only need to reach the microphone that is recording them, and pop stars can sing from their throat in full damage mode since they only need to get one good recorded take, then get to rest and not sing the next day. The way to sing loudly and clearly is to project from the diaphragm, and resonate, which is to let a part of your body vibrate and amplify the sound almost like a stereo speaker.Different singers resonate in different areas of the body. When singing complicated “talky” lyrics found in many musicals, it’s harder to use the full-dark-rich chesty sound of an opera singer who is concerned mostly with tone (in a language they may not even speak) and will resonate in the chest and rib cage. The most common spot to resonate and form lots of words simultaneously is the “face mask” which is the hollow cavities of the skull; the sinuses, the palate and possibly even the forehead. This may come off as “nasal” in some cases because the singer is using space in their nose to resonate, and it’s a comfortable, non-damaging place for the voice to live.Saying words also requires every part of the face, so what you’re calling “nasal” might actually be the singer enunciating with proper diction, where pop stars just mumble whatever they want in many cases. That’s why pop lyrics have devoted “misheard” lyrics pages. I went a full week hearing Britney Spears on the radio singing something about an “operator” until I finally learned the lyric was actually “on my radar.” A singer on stage needs the audience to understand what they are saying to follow the plot.
Is it hard to be an actor?
It's not hard to be an amatuer actor and do plays and short films on nights and weekends in your free time - it's fun, the atmosphere is more familial and there no pressure to always be looking for your next gig - you can choose when and where you want to act . Is it hard to be a professional actor where you income in coming from sporadic projects? Yes. Very. There is a great deal of stress involved because all of a sudden, you're not just doing it for fun, you're doing it to make money and pay your bills and live.The difficulty of this business professionally, besides all the rejection and marketing and everything else involved, is that there is no garaunteed work, thus no garaunteed pay, which is why so many actors have to wait tables until they get to a point where they are working regularly enough to be able to do it full time. You really have to love it to truly pursue it as a profession (many are very happy holding down 9-5 jobs and doing it on the side. That's enough to feed their "bug) and many people get burned out early on because it is really really stressful. That's why you have to be careful and not jump in too soon. I see many questions on here from people with very little experience who want to be actors because it seems like it will be fun and it IS fun, but there is a tremendous amount of work and sacrifice involved. For all the thousands of people who flock to Hollywood each year hoping to be the next Julia Roberts or Tom Hanks but have no real idea about the business, just as many leave because the reality of trying to become sustainable isn't all it's cracked up to be. As you can see, I didn't answer this from an acting technique point of view (maybe that's what you were asking for?)- that is subjective but like anything else, the more you do it, the easier the process of characterization, learning lines, etc becomes. But, when it comes to the question of is it hard to be an actor in the professional sense - Yes, it is, but when you get to do it, it's the best feeling in the world.