Rights and Royalties Houses

[dramamama611]

Don't even know if "houses" is the correct term.   ANYWAY, I'm trying to create a list of the different houses that carry the rights/royalties for theatrical shows.  I know I'm missing some in my list, so please help me out.

I have:

Broadway Licensing

MTI

R&H

Samuel French

Tams Witmark

Theatrical Rights

Dramatists

Dramatic Publishing 

Pioneer

The Musical Company

Playscripts

Theatrefolk

Broadway Play Publishing
 

What am I missing?

 

Note:  Updating with new info!  

[WestCoastActor/Director]

Dramatic Publishing

I always call it licensing companies

[ggersten]

Pioneer

[freewilma]

The Musical Company the new licensing branch for all of Andrew Lloyd Webber's shows. 

[dramamama611]

Thank you....any more?

 

(And list is updated for ease, esp if anyone else wants to make note)

[perfectliar]

Playscripts

[dramamama611]

^ Gee....how could I forget?  I use them often!  And Theaterfolk, too.

 

For those unfamiliar, both of these are great sources for middle and high school one acts.

[BroadwayMan5]

Broadway Licensing

https://broadwaylicensing.com/

 

Has A Bronx Tale among others...

[JennH]

I think we got them all. Of course there could be some small ones we missed, but the big few are for sure MTI, Samuel French, RnH, and TW. Can one not get the Webber shows from RnH anymore? Or is it strictly the Musical Company now? Granted I always found that odd that RnH had the Webber shows, but then again there's plenty of other non RnH shows they license. 

LOL Playscripts gets a bad rep and I can sort of see why, it's def pretty juvenile scripts but I will say it has a god few scripts there. Plenty of pro theaters use these shows. It has the best adaptation of Pride and Prejudice that I know of. The other licensable ones I know of are...not great. 

[dramamama611]

Yes, you have to be patient....there is a lot of goofy/immature stuff...but they have quite a few gems there...particularly for one act play competitions.  

[Liza's Headband]

They're called licensing agencies.... 

[dramamama611]

AGENCIES!   Yes!  Thank you.

[FosseTharp]

Broadway Play Publishing— they don’t handle any musicals, but they have all of Tony Kushner’s plays, and I believe all of Neil LaBute’s as well;  plus lots of Jose Rivera, Emily Mann, etc.  

[Liza's Headband]

didn't Playscripts become Broadway Licensing...?

[dramamama611]

No, Broadway Licensing is a sister compsny to Playscripts. Specifically for musicals.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

JennH said: "Can one not get the Webber shows from RnH anymore? Or is it strictly the Musical Company now? Granted I always found that odd that RnH had the Webber shows,but then again there's plenty of other non RnH shows they license."

Strictly TMC now. Webber started off at MTI back in the day, then moved everything to R&H around 2001 or so. Now, more recently -- I wanna say in the last year or so -- he decided to take direct control of his licensing in North America, as he already had in the UK and Europe. Productions that were licensed by R&H before a certain date last January were still allowed to go forward, but that was the limit.

[JennH]

g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "JennH said: "Can one not get the Webber shows from RnH anymore? Or is it strictly the Musical Company now? Granted I always found that odd that RnH had the Webber shows,but then again there's plenty of other non RnH shows they license."

Strictly TMC now. Webber started off at MTI back in the day, then moved everything to R&H around 2001 or so. Now, more recently -- I wanna say in the last year or so --he decided to take direct control of his licensing in North America, as he already had in the UK and Europe. Productions that were licensed by R&H before a certain date last January were still allowed to go forward, but that was the limit."

Wait this is fascinating, I didn't know this at all as that was way before I gotten into theatre...Also explains why his shows are still listed on the RnH site as well. I assume that'll change eventually once that period has passed.

 

[darquegk]

More specifically, Broadway Licensing is a musical licensing branch of Playscripts that focuses on small-cast, small-band musicals, particularly for intimate or cabaret venues.