Bricusse Renews with Cherry Lane; Set for 'Panther' Musical

Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co. Inc, whose Broadway roster includes Maury Yeston (Nine, Titanic), Jason Howland (Little Women) and the team of Matt Sklar and Chad Begulin (The Wedding Singer), has announced the renewal of an exclusive, worldwide administration agreement with veteran songwriter, lyricist and librettist Leslie Bricusse for his Stage & Screen Music catalog, which includes the world-wide hit Jekyll & Hyde.  Cherry Lane has administered this catalog since 1991.

Bricusse's prolific body of film works includes Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, Doctor Dolittle, Scrooge, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Superman, Victor/Victoria, Santa Claus, Home Alone, Hook, Tom & Jerry, various Pink Panther movies and Goodbye, Mr. Chips.  In addition to Jekyll & Hyde, his numerous stage credits are Stop the World I Want To Get Off, The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd, Pickwick, Scrooge, Sherlock Holmes, and Dr. Dolittle. Throughout his flourishing four decade career, Bricusse has been nominated for 10 Oscars, 8 Grammys and 4 Tonys. He has won 2 Oscars, a Grammy and 8 Ivor Novello Awards (the premier British songwriting award). In 1989, Bricusse was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame.

Peter Primont, CEO of Cherry Lane, commented on the renewal: "We're thrilled to be continuing our relationship with Leslie Bricusse, one of the great songwriters of stage and screen."

Bricusse added: "I have always enjoyed the highly compatible relationship I have had with Peter Primont and his hotshot team at Cherry Lane. Among the new projects we will all be working on together, starting in 2008, are a musical adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, Sammy, a musical look at the life of Sammy Davis Jr., who, during his career recorded sixty of my songs, and The Pink Panther Musical, which I am currently working on with Blake Edwards.  I love all three projects, and hope the theatre-going public will too!"

Cherry Lane, New York-based privately held music publisher founded in 1960 by renowned producer/arranger Milt Okun, oversees an extensive catalogue of legendary songs from Elvis Presley, John Denver, Quincy Jones and Ashford & Simpson, to more recent Billboard chart-toppers including the Black Eyed Peas, John Legend and Wolfmother.  Known for its innovative copyright exploitation and administration, Cherry Lane has forged relationships with DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation SKG, The Weinstein Company, Lakeshore Entertainment, Walden Media, Sanrio (Hello Kitty), NASCAR, Icon Productions, NFL Films, World Wrestling Entertainment, Professional Bull Riders, Pokémon USA, Inc. and 4Kids TV, to name a few. 

 Learn more at www.cherrylane.com.