Samantha Barks in ‘Amélie’ at Berkeley Rep. (photo: kevinberne.com via The Broadway Blog)
Broadway’s Gigi didn’t last long, but that doesn’t mean that another French ingenue, Amélie, can’t find her way to the Great White Way by way of Berkeley Rep. Amélie captured our hearts in the five-time Academy Award-nominated 2001 French film. Now she comes to the stage in a new musical directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon, who is known for her work on Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Clybourne Park. With a book by Craig Lucas (An American in Paris, Prelude to Kiss), the musical features a score by Daniel Messé of the band Hem and lyrics by Messé and Nathan Tysen (The Burnt Part Boys). The show is currently in previews, playing now through October 4, 2015.
Amélie
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Roda Theater
2015 Addison St., Berkley
Through October 4
The cast of ‘Amélie’ at Berkeley Rep. (photo: www.kevinberne.com via The Broadway Blog.)
