C'est Magnifique! Amelie Musical to Receive World Premiere in California

Amélie Poulain is heading to the stage! The musical adaptation of the 2001 French film Amélie will receive its world premiere at California’s Berkeley Repertory Theatre this August. As reported in 2013, the tuner will feature a score by Daniel Messé, lyrics by Messé and Nathan Tysen and a book by Craig Lucas. Tony winner Pam MacKinnon will direct.

Additional information, including casting, will be announced at a later date. No plans have yet been confirmed regarding the musical's Broadway bow.

Amélie tells the story of a young girl who was home-schooled by her mother and cultivated a very active imagination. The show details her life in Paris as she helps those around her try to find love, and ultimately falls in love herself.

The Berkeley Rep season will also include The Hypocrites’ Pirates of Penzance, Macbeth, Treasure Island adapted and directed by Tony winner Mary Zimmerman, the world premiere of Julia Cho’s Aubergine and the West Coast premiere of the Pulitzer-winning play Disgraced, which recently concluded its Broadway run. An addition to the lineup will be announced later.

Paris has taken the musical theater scene by storm in the United States recently, with Gigi and An American in Paris starting soon on Broadway, Can-Can recently finishing a run in New Jersey, the world premeire of Jason Robert Brown's My Paris and the reportedly Broadway-bound N - The Queen of Paris.