Carnegie Hall Stagehand Receives $500,000 in Pay Following Cuts
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Money was so tight at Carnegie Hall during the recession that even its stagehands took a hit.
Dennis O’Connell, who oversees props at the New York concert hall, saw a 4.5 percent drop in pay and benefits in 2009 to $500,368, according to Carnegie Hall’s tax return. The four other full-time stagehands made an average of $410,438, down 7 percent from a year earlier.