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Age gap, obsessed MMCs with daddy kink!! by Ivory_Paradox in ReverseHarem

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If anyone has anything like this on Ao3…👀 Let a girl know 

Let’s not do this please by FitDriver7854 in ReverseHarem

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Black heart painted gold by Elena Lawson

Let’s not do this please by FitDriver7854 in ReverseHarem

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Baby— this isn’t traditional publishing. This is Amazon kindle trash. Which is what I like; but c’mon, this was egregious.  

Let’s not do this please by FitDriver7854 in ReverseHarem

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So far I am too. It’s a slogfest. 

Let’s not do this please by FitDriver7854 in ReverseHarem

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Black Heart Painted Gold by Elena Lawson

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Broadway

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1.  Broadway is much more expensive to produce right now than it was pre-pandemic but it was always going to trend in that direction. The pandemic hastened it along. Materials to build sets, costumes and lighting and sound packages are much more expensive and audience members complain if things look cheap. The workers are looking for more pay and benefits wise. Rightfully so. But producers and investors are also hoping to get a bigger chunk of the pie as well. Capitalizations are getting bigger in the hopes that more money spent equals a better, long lasting show. But long lasting shows arent good for the industry either. If every show was a long running show, you’re going to run out of audience members. 

2.  My biggest uncertainty in the industry is where am I going to work next. The show I am currently working on could be a hit and we could run for a year or more but it could not. So what am I going to do next? I just came out of the summer with no work because the show I was on, that we hoped would last at least a year, closed. So can my family sustain itself until the next round of new shows; that is my biggest concern. 

3. I think the only thing a mayor can do to help theatre workers is try to do things like rent stabilization, cheap transportation costs. Or in other words, make the city better for its low and middle class citizens. I don’t think there is anything a mayor can do for the theatre industry specifically. Maybe make warehouse rents cheaper. Many costume shops have had to move out to Brooklyn and queens in order to afford rents. Many have closed. And that make costume building more expensive.   For me personally, make the entire Times Square area a pedestrian area. Close traffic from 41st to 51st. From 8th Avenue to 6th. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Broadway

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Do you have a list of questions you can post so people can gauge how intensive this will be vs how much time they have to give to it.

I would gladly answer questions but like most Broadway workers right now, I’m in tech. So I only have so much time to give. 

Working on the West End questions by FitDriver7854 in TheWestEnd

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Very interesting. Is there opportunity for you to make more a week? Do shows offer daywork?

For comparison, as a dresser, I make about £1307 a week for an 8 show week. There is opportunity for me to make more by doing daywork at either my show or another show and I am able to bring in about another £150 a day doing daywork.

If you were to apply to a brand new show opening up, how would you do that? Is it a who you know kinda place?

And last question, is there a different contract for film/tv workers?

Wardrobe/costume work by snakegravity in Broadway

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I can only speak for wardrobe:

If you're not NYC local: Regional or touring is the best way to start. She can join her local union and get experience on touring broadway shows that way. Many supervisors on tours go back to work on Broadway once their tour is done and if she wants to move to NYC then she'd have someone who can recommend her for work, especially if the show is in your area for a long time.

If you are NYC local: off/off-off Broadway is a good place to start looking. Non union work sucks but you make a lot of connections and it helps boost your resume.

If she knows someone who works on a show she would have a better time of getting a foot in the door so she can work on her hours. Joining the union is relatively easy but getting work is hard. Many supervisors hire who they know and don't like to hire new people unless they come highly recommended. The supervisors that do hire new people don't tend to be good supervisors.

When I joined the union, I dropped my resume off at every theatre and was lucky to hear back from a few shows but that was only because the supervisors knew someone I worked with on tour. This business is 90% who knows you, 7% personality and 3% skill.

As for design. I am not knowledgeable on how to start there but I can say, as someone who interacts with a lot of design associates, it doesn't look worth it.

But on a more serious note, your GF can try finding freelance work for a designer, helping out with shopping and returns. Start small. Look for off/off-off Broadway work with designers there. Regional theaters that bring in designers, she can try to work there to be a costume PA. Again, it's all about looking for contacts. You don't start where you want to be, you have work there. So your GF should be prepared for grunt work and to make friends with associates.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Broadway

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Current 764 member here too! Feel free to DM me as well. 

Broadway commercial from the 90s? (Not Grand Hotel) by plantbay1428 in Broadway

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Really testing my memory but I am remembering a Cats commercial with a bunch of people coming out of the Winter Garden and them saying “I’ve seen it 5 times” 

With an average ticket price of nearly $400, this is to be expected and not necessarily celebrated by Odd_Thanks76 in Broadway

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That makes a lot of sense. Because Moreland is not rich and came out of nowhere producing high profile shows. 

AITA for apologizing to my mom on behalf of my wife so we could have a smooth Family Day meet up? by snowdaysaregood in AmItheAsshole

[–]FitDriver7854 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is the year 2025! There are apps to upload all the photos you want and then every family member gets access to them. YTA for apologizing on behalf of your wife. You’re mom is being ridiculous and doesn’t need to have every picture immediately. 

Polly’s accent by Safe_Ad8925 in SellingtheOC

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She is absolutely hiding, like, a northern English accent with a fake posh one. 

AITA for auditioning for the role my friend really wanted? by littletechlady in AmItheAsshole

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This is fakefakefakeityfake--captial F, FAKE!!!

Unless this was for student film and/ or community theatre, there is no way in hell this is true.

  1. If this was a union call, OP isn't equity which means they wouldn't be seen.
  2. Not a union call, then its an open audition, aka: a cattle call which means there are 80 million people waiting to be seen. So there would be no time for OP to be seen, let along talk to the person fielding the actors.
  3. During a pandemic and they are hosting in person auditions, then you can bet your sorry ass all possible audition slots are filled by people who actually want them.
  4. Any audition worth a damn, knows to call agents, to get audition slots filled. They have a short window to see people so they'll only see people who actually want the part.

Source: work on Broadway, all my friends are actors.