Sondheim Shows Frozen

One of the local community theatres in my area was planning on doing Into the Woods this winter as one of their shows, and they thought they'd had all their paperwork in in June. However, it turend out not to be so, and when they reapplied this week, they were told that not only were the rights to Into the Woods frozen, but so were all other Sondheim shows.

Now, i'm not sure if this is true or not (i have no real reason to suspect the theatre group lied or was lied to), which begs the question: Why are all of Sondheim's shows frozen? Does anyone know?

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I have a lot of trouble investing much credibility towards that notion. Sondheim shows such as "Forum" "Into The Woods" and "Company" are staples of many theatre groups and to freeze them would make very little economic sense.

It also depends where you theatre is located.

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Updated On: 8/18/06 at 05:00 PM

Nope. In a few weeks we begin rehearsals for a production of Company in which I am the musical director and playing Harry. We got the rights a not long ago. Just goes to show that the other Sondheim shows are definitely available.

You live in the Seattle area Arykahmarye, right? The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle has exclusive rights to all of Sondheim's shows, thus preventing anyone from doing them without special permission.