History of National Tours

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<p>Here’s another article that does a good job explaining the current touring environment. <a href=“http://www.backstage.com/news/equity-national-tours-explained/”>http://www.backstage.com/news/equity-national-tours-explained/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Between 2000 and 2004, Equity lost 40 percent of the road in one-week markets. “Now, because we’ve put these tiers in, we’ve regained 90 percent of the road in these one-week markets,” said Somma. To compensate for the lesser salaries, the union negotiated overage payments for all tours outside of full Production Contracts. Any actor earning less than three times the Production Contract minimum is eligible to earn a percentage of the show’s weekly profit—if it makes one. Post-recoupment, this percentage increases.

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