I was wondering for a while if kids on Broadway, like the four Matildas and all the little Maggots or Lilla Crawford or Taylor Richardson and the Annie orphans or the Billy Elliots and the ballet girls, get paid. This is what I found. It is astounding:
"They are under the same contracts as adults. Bway minimum is a little over $1600 right now. Principal children make more. There is no deduction based on number of performances they do per week. Their pay is based on the size of the role.
So the Billy Elliot ballet girls were making minimum. The Billy's were making a little over 3 grand a week. The Mary Poppins kids make around $1800/wk."
By the way, everyone on Broadway, if they are not an understudy, does 8 shows a week including Sundays.
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