![]() ![]() It's typical for performers to get paid differently when their roles have unique demands, such as nudity or acrobatics, Allton-Maher said. The six who aren't on the Met's staff are not covered by the Met's labor contract with AGMA, though all are members of either that union or its sister union, the Actors Equity Association. The seven women are among a group of performers known as supernumeraries who don't have speaking or singing parts but sometimes interact closely with the stars of the show. The nearly-nude performers can be seen in the video above starting at 34 seconds. The performers pushed for the higher $235 rate as a compromise, which the Met's management did not approve until the night before the show opened, the people said. The Met didn't tell the women of the arrangement until a few weeks before rehearsals and didn't reveal what the lower-cost costume was until after rehearsals began, the people said. The Met initially wanted to pay the actresses about $128 to wear the lingerie costumes - giving them a roughly 72 percent pay cut for half the shows, two people familiar with the production said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The seventh performer, who is on the Met's staff, decided not to wear the pasties at all. Those who do only four shows in pasties wore them for the final dress rehearsal, the person said. Six of the women wear the pasties for either four or five of the performances and the bras for the rest, one person familiar with the production said. ![]()
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