After the Tony Award nominees were announced, The Great White Way reflects on the influx of Hollywood stars in their community, particularly the pay A-listers get for appearing on shows. This is despite the lack of Tony nods to movie stars slash Broadway performers this year.

It’s reported that Al Pacino reportedly gets $125,000 a week for the latest revival of “Glengarry Glenn Ross,” according to the Associated Press. The actor didn’t get a nomination for his role.

“Look Broadway needs exposure and without an audience, there is no Broadway. I think they absolutely serve a purpose. It puts butts in seats that might not be there,” says five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald, speaking to the AP, on why Broadway needs movie stars on shows.

The movie stars are commanding huge weekly payouts that defy traditional Broadway pay scales, making it difficult for nonprofit theaters such as the Roundabout Theatre Company, the Manhattan Theatre Club and Lincoln Center to compete for top-notch cast.

The top scale at the Roundabout is less than $1,300 a week.

Roundabout’s artistic director Todd Haimes said, "I think it is harder for us to attract the big stars now because we're competing directly with commercial theater which is doing a lot more plays with big stars and paying them a fortune.”

He added, "It makes it a little bit harder for us because we're competing with these huge salaries."

The salaries though and the big productions did not equate to Tony nominations. The fact, however, according to one veteran Broadway performer may have less to do with their acting than their already established high profiles.

"There are only five slots and I think that they know that Bette Midler can live without being nominated and still go home and sleep OK," joked Richard Kind, a Tony nominee. He’s nominated for best-featured actor in a play for "The Big Knife."

Kind’s comment was inspired by the huge surprise of Bette Midler not getting a Tony Award nominee for her one-woman play, “I’ll Eat You Last,” which was a box office hit.

There were also no Tony Award nods for Jessica Chastain, Al Pacino, Katie Holmes, Paul Rudd, Alec Baldwin, Alicia Silverstone, Sigourney Weaver, Cuba Gooding, Jr. or Scarlett Johnson, reports the Associated Press. The only big name to get a Tony Award nominee was Broadway newcomer Tom Hanks.

“By and large, it’s theatre people who have been honored this season and it’s great. It doesn’t always happen that way,” said Billy Porter speaking to the Associated Press.

Porter was nominated for the first time for “Kinky Boots” after being in five Broadway shows.

The 24 members of the Tony Awards nominating committee –composed of theatre professionals who each serve three-year terms – are not permitted to discuss the selection process, as noted by the AP.