Amelie Musical Licensing

[Sondheim_Disney1595]

Posted: 5/29/17 at 6:26pm

Any word on who will hold the licensing rights to Amelie?

[Willie4316]

Posted: 5/29/17 at 6:36pm

I don't think we will here about that for a bit. It could follow a similar path like Tuck Everlasting which closed at the end of May and the rights were officially given to Sam French at the end of August if I remember correctly. 

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 5/29/17 at 7:09pm

I would guess the producers might hold to the first class rights for a while before licensing the show. They might be hoping for a major production overseas, or even (they can hope) a tour of some kind - possibly with the aim of revising the material further.  It took a while before WOMEN ON THE VERGE was licensed to MTI, and they are still not making the title available.

[Willie4316]

Posted: 5/29/17 at 7:31pm

QueenAlice said: "I would guess the producers might hold to the first class rights for a while before licensing the show. They might be hoping for a major production overseas, or even (they can hope) a tour of some kind - possibly with the aim of revising the material further.  It took a while before WOMEN ON THE VERGE was licensed to MTI, and they are still not making the title available."

Spot on, though I think it will be perhaps a German or Australian production. The West End is heavily impacted by the success of the show on Broadway and the national tour I don't think is likely unless a show has recouped a decent portion of it on Broadway. (Sunset was rumored to have recovered 80%, Finding Neverland supposedly recouped over 70%, etc)

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 5/30/17 at 10:58am

Isn't Tuck Everlasting through MTI, not Sam French?

[markypoo]

Posted: 5/30/17 at 11:07am

I DID see a college production of Women on the Verge last year, however; so the rights had to come from somewhere.

[musicals1989]

Posted: 5/30/17 at 11:16am

Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "Isn't Tuck Everlasting through MTI, not Sam French"

 

No--- Tuck is a Sam French title, as is Miller&Tysen's Fugitive Songs. The Burnt Part Boys is an MTI title. 

[Sondheim_Disney1595]

Posted: 5/30/17 at 11:31am

I was hoping to mount a production spring 2018. Here's to hoping MTI holds the title because Sam French can be unbearable to work with

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 11/13/17 at 10:59am

The vocal selections book from AMELIE has just been released...it may not mean anything, or perhaps it's an indicator that licensing info can't be far off?

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 11/13/17 at 1:33pm

WHEN will Daniel Messé, Nathan Tysen, and Craig Lucas let me, a chubby twenty year old gay man, play the title role, huh?!? The time has come.