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Position:Home>Theater & Acting> Is it true that you can't do a show while it's on Broadway?Question: Is it true that you can't do a show while it's on Broadway!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: it depends all on the individual show some shows are withheld when on broadway and avaliable when there not some shows are always avaliable and some shows even become avaliable while the show is still running an example of this is Blood Brothers which is on it's 30th year on the west end in london but only in the last year gave it's rights to the public, don't ask me why then there is mousetrap which is the longest running west end show and has never been avaliable to perform anywhere else except on the west endWww@QuestionHome@Com Usually amateur rights to produce a show are withheld while it is on Broadway!. When I was producing theatre, I was not allowed to produce The Odd Couple when The Female Odd Couple was about to be produced in NYC!. Caused me no end of difficulty with my arrangements!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Yes, because there are copyright issues so for a while a show that is on Broadway can only be performed by professional groups for several years before amateur rights are released so that nonprofessional groups (school, community theatre, etc) can do the show!.Www@QuestionHome@Com To produce any show, you have to buy the rights to it!. If a show is on Broadway/touring and is going to be nearby, your rights will likely get revoked!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |