Les Miserables
Sat, 26 Aug 2006, 07:37 amwho am i 246016 posts in thread
Les Miserables
Sat, 26 Aug 2006, 07:37 amHey Guys!!!
Im new to this site (& directing musicals for that matter!!)
Recently at work we had a Kareoke/Talent night and i was quite surprised at the amount of
talent
Also one of my colleagues has been doing Grease around town & after an interesting discussion
one night we decided it would be exciting to do an amateur performance for the company (We have
750 employees on site)
I LOVE LES MISERABLES, so i put it forward and it will be considered as an option......
Now i need some help to find music (No Lyrics) and script(s)
This is where you guys come in.....
Any ideas????
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my understanding
Sat, 26 Aug 2006, 12:09 pmI had heard that amateur rights have been withdrawn in Oz for Les Mis. I could be wrong...
Maybe because it was done so much last year (over exposure) for the 20th anniversary,
maybe because there's a touring show about to get up soon?
who knows.
However, the advice above is correct. You will have to get performing rights for this one (not cheap). I think Hal Leonard has the Australasian rights. anyone got their address?!
it is also a (really) big production- needs a large cast, crew and band to pull it off properly, and is expensive.
that said, if you can get the rights, and can afford to do it properly, then it is a show that seems to sell itself. I was involved in a perth production last year that sold more than 11000 tix, and made over $100,000 for the MS Society who put it on.
Good luck
Nev
It's the simple things stupid...