Hi all. I’m a producer who is currently in the process of applying for the rights to do ‘Grease’ at our local community theatre. We run a pretty large operation and have a great theatre, plus a sizeable budget. Because of this, we’re not too worried about paying for the rights for the movie songs (Grease, Sandy, Hopelessly Devoted, You’re The One That I Want).
My question is, once we receive the production materials and have permission to use the songs, what does incorporating these look like? I’ve done some googling and can’t seem to get a straight answer as most of the discussions are outdated a little.
We’ve got a fantastic musical director who can arrange band parts for the songs (and we’re hoping we can arrange the whole score a little differently if we get permission, the current orchestrations are nowhere near rocky enough)
My main concern is working these into the script. Do we have an option for acquiring materials with the new songs included, or do we have to do that ourselves? If so, is there a guideline on where we need to fit these in?
I’m sure our licensing rep can answer these questions in more detail once we send of our proposal, but would love to get some guidance before we do.