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Originally posted by seanoh
Broadway doesn't pay as much as you think it does
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Originally posted by umichgrad07
I call bull
Didn't she just do Broadway?
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HERE'S THE TEA
The beginning salary of a Broadway performer usually starts at $1,200-1,800/week (8 shows a week... and that's for a no-name, AEA card carrying ensemble performer. Understudies and Swings usually get paid slightly more since they have to cover more "tracks" aka "roles").
Given that Carly Rae Jepsen is a "name" they could've easily bumped her salary an extra 1K or 2K, but they usually never release the numbers of those celebrities who book Broadway roles unless they're somehow leaked later on into their run.
A standard Broadway contract is anywhere between 6 months to 1 year, with a possibility for extension (at the discretion of the producers). But Carly only did 4 months. Assuming she made 3K/week, she made a minimum [before taxes] of $12,000 USD. So she might be broke cause only God knows what she's still generating from "Call Me Maybe"