Actually, no, it wouldn’t be easy for Ryan Murphy to get the rights back because somebody else - Sonia Friedman, a powerful and revered West End and Broadway producer- who actually has produced the show successfully now in London also has the North American first class rights.
Murphy would either have to wait for Friedman's option to expire, which could be 5 to 10 years, or he would have to essentially buy her out, with the participation and support of the estate.
The London production is getting ready to tour the UK, and is likely making money for the estate, so there is no reason to believe they would be eager to see the rights go back to Murphy who never got his production off the ground.
Long story short, if Lea still wants to do the role on Broadway, the person she needs to be cozying up to is not Ryan Murphy but Sonia Friedman.
Updated On: 10/17/17 at 07:17 AM