What they do for love. No other rationale adequately explains the uncommon devotion of actors who work regularly on Washington's stages. It's not filthy lucre that keeps them coming back: someone making a full-time living as a performer in plays and musicals here remains the extreme rarity. Actors tend to work on every role as if their lives depended on it " and yet get paid as if every role were still a hobby. Read …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:21AM on September 14, 2012