Anyone heard of Actors demanding rediculous things during shows or when offered a part in a play demanding certian things from the producers ( perks ) in order for them to say YES to the job? I was really intrigued when someone said thats what Laura Bell Bundy did with Wicked, and I was wondering what happened there?
She was offered the role. It was announced everywhere she would replace Cheno. Then the news was taken down from every site. And we basically found out - she wanted better pay.
Then they asked Mandy Moore - she turned down the role - she felt she wasn't ready for it.
sometimes you have to make a certain amount of $$ for the time commitment to be worth it to you. i can't speak for lbb, but the wear and tear of touring is hard on some older performers i know and they ask for certain types of deals when they tour to make it comfortable and worth the pain.
asking for more $$ was a mistake for lbb i think. however--isn't she slated to do LEGALLY BLONDE?
If my memory serves me correctly. I think the producers wanted Laura Bell - because they knew they wouldn't have to pay her as much as Cheno. And I would imagine they weren't going to give her a spectacular pay.
Understand why they now replace the roles with virtually unknown talents? They need to pay the real names who play Morribe and the Wizard.
I think that Mandy would have probably made a very good Glinda.
She's very talented and has a fantastic voice. Just because she became popular (pun fully intended) during the Britney Spears bubble gum pop period doesn't mean that she isn't great.
My only question is her size. She's probably around 6 feet tall. That might be an opposing figure as Glinda.
I never said Salary, In general, i ment this thread to be about anyone, but going back to Laura Bell Bundy she did ask for PERKs that Cheno got .. food in dressing room etc things like that.
I've heard of performer on tour who demand that they have their dressing room painted a certain color. (I believe that was Robert Goulet during Camelot who demanded that his dressing room be Brown...)
Also, some stars of concerts and music ask that there is just a certain color of M&M's in a dish in their dressing room.
Nell Carter wanted on certain kind of Turkey on Thansgiving and someone had to go all around the city/side of the state to find that kind of Turkey.
When Jerry Seinfeld plays near Canada he always wants a certain type of cigar.
Of course, they all have the jobs already. It's just all in their rider.
John Tesh used to demand that they put a wrestling action figure in his dressing room for every show -- not that he cared about wrestling action figures, he just wanted to be sure they were reading the entire contract.
The Alley Theater here in Houston is doing a Ken Ludwig play this season starring Dixie Carter and Hal Holbrook. Apparently there demands drove the producers crazy. Their contract even calls for a certain amout of square footage for their housing and it must have a pool.
All this for a play that is from what I have heard about it, not very good.
Bdwy24, your post about Nell Carter made me laugh. She sang for my church's Easter services several years ago, and one of our staff members had to drive around late one night trying to find barbeque for her!
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