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I tried posting this yesterday, but don't know that it worked so my apologies if the same thing posts twice. My high school teachers have proposed getting the rights to a full musical - book, music etc., - a musical with a plot, dialogue, singing, dancing - and then if they can't make that work (because of changes due to COVID) doing it as a revue with some group numbers, solos, duets, etc. I haven't heard of a licensing agreement that allows you to do that, but I said that I would turn to the hive mind and ask? Does anyone know of a way to license a whole show and then basically cut it up, remove dialogue, change who sings what, basically turn it into a review? Or has anyone ever asked to do that and gotten permission? Thanks so much! Counting down (with many of you I expect) to having a restful holiday. 

Hi Jane, I don't think there is a definite answer to this question because it would depend on a variety of factors. I'm pretty doubtful you'd be able to do something like this without permission though, so it would be really important to get some advice from your licensing rep and provide a detailed plan for what you'd like to do and what parts you plan to cut or use. From my experience, publishers are doing their best to provide a variety of options to allow schools to produce theatre in the current environment, but permissions can vary widely by show. Has anyone out there secured permission for a performance of this nature?

I tried posting this yesterday, but don't know that it worked so my apologies if the same thing posts twice. My high school teachers have proposed getting the rights to a full musical - book, music etc., - a musical with a plot, dialogue, singing, dancing - and then if they can't make that work (because of changes due to COVID) doing it as a revue with some group numbers, solos, duets, etc. I haven't heard of a licensing agreement that allows you to do that, but I said that I would turn to the hive mind and ask? Does anyone know of a way to license a whole show and then basically cut it up, remove dialogue, change who sings what, basically turn it into a review? Or has anyone ever asked to do that and gotten permission? Thanks so much! Counting down (with many of you I expect) to having a restful holiday. 

I tried posting this yesterday, but don't know that it worked so my apologies if the same thing posts twice. My high school teachers have proposed getting the rights to a full musical - book, music etc., - a musical with a plot, dialogue, singing, dancing - and then if they can't make that work (because of changes due to COVID) doing it as a revue with some group numbers, solos, duets, etc. I haven't heard of a licensing agreement that allows you to do that, but I said that I would turn to the hive mind and ask? Does anyone know of a way to license a whole show and then basically cut it up, remove dialogue, change who sings what, basically turn it into a review? Or has anyone ever asked to do that and gotten permission? Thanks so much! Counting down (with many of you I expect) to having a restful holiday.