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New contract may put kibosh on big-cast shows
Actors' Equity won a key victory alongside its latest League of Regional Theatrs (LORT) contract: It obtained si nificant raises for actors hired for mainstage productions at Gotham's biggest nonprofits, the Roundabout Theater Co., Lincoln Center Theater and the Manhattan Theater Club.
Actors appearing in shows at the Roundabout's American Airlines Theater, Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont and MTC's upcoming Biltmore Theater now will be paid a minimum of $1,000 per week.
The theater companies previously paid the LORT rate, $728 a week, for their mainstage productions, even though the shows were Tony-eligible Broadway productions with Broadway-sized ticket prices. (MTC did not have an official Broadway theater, but was hoping to use the old LORT contract when it began performing at the renovated Biltmore.)
"From now on, these theaters will be paying 75%-80% of the full Production Contract salaries," Actors'...