I would also say that it offers them an ownership of the work they’re doing. On stage, according to Green, the audience is feet or more on average from the performers. Many smaller theaters have seen cuts in funding, although larger, well-known venues continue to provide a fairly stable number of acting jobs. When «Les Miserables» was in Chicago last fall, for example, box-office returns were so strong that the actors got, McColl said, compensation «comparable to the production-contract rates. However, unlike on the stage, in most cases in television or film acting, you will likely be the only person to ever play any character, according to Green.