Posted: 7/24/17 at 11:17am
I know in his licended script for Xanadu Doug Carter Beane has a little paragraph stage direction at one point saying something like "if your theatre insists on having an intermission to sell noisy drinks and m&m, here's where you put it, but the show works far better without it." only far wittier, naturally.
Posted: 7/24/17 at 11:56am
@freewilma it is important to remember that the licensing companies are just conduits for the rights holders and don't make any decisions. You are basically correct in the sense that rights holders will often grant blanket authority to make certain alterations that come up over and over again, but it is entirely up to the rights holder to authorize any modification or not (and to change their mind).
@bdn223 while it may be true that some theatres rely on concessions for revenue, I would hope that it is even more true that they rely on the drawing power of the shows they produce. Cart before the horse and all that.
