Monday, October 19, 2026
What It’s Actually Like Being a Vacation Swing: Side Jobs, Getting Paid and Unexpectedly Going On
BroadwayWorld: Vacation swings — or performers who are hired to fill in periodically when a production’s cast is low on coverage — have one of the most difficult and exciting jobs in the business. Not only do they cover multiple roles (or tracks, as they’re often called), they may get up in the morning and learn they’ll be performing on Broadway that night.
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This article was very educational to me as I had no idea that vacations swings existed. I mean it makes perfect sense to have someone on standby for those emergency situations where all of their swings just aren’t able to fufill the necessary roles. The life of a vacation swing just seems so difficult, I couldn’t imagine living with the uncertainty of a standard swing, let alone having the responsibility of knowing multiple tracks, and simultaneously being expected to support yourself with another job entirely. You have to remember everything so that you could go on in a moments notice, but so many people learn by doing. I feel like if I were in this role, I’d always feel out of practice, or unprepared. I find it disappointing that these people have one of the hardest jobs in the production, yet their work goes unnoticed by so many. They don’t get paid that well either. I do not think it is right that some of these swings get paid per performance, because their job involves so much preparation before these performers ever hit the stage.
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