Breaking News: Phillipa Soo-Led AMELIE Set Opening Night on Broadway; Adam Chanler-Berat Officially Joins Cast!

Producers announced today that Amelie, A NEW MUSICAL will begin performances on Broadway on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 W 48th Street) and officially open Monday, April 3, 2017, following a limited engagement at Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles (December 4, 2016 - January 15, 2017). The company will be led by Tony Award nominee Phillipa Soo and Adam Chanler-Berat, following the Los Angeles engagement.

Amelie, A New Musical is produced on Broadway by Harbor Entertainment, Triptyk Studios and Spencer Ross.

"We are thrilled to announce Broadway as the next chapter in the exciting journey of Amelie, following our acclaimed world premiere at Berkeley Rep, and the upcoming run at the Ahmanson in Los Angeles. It has been a joy bringing this musical to life with our incredible creative team," notes producer Aaron Harnick of Harbor Entertainment.

Amelie captured our hearts in the five-time Academy Award-nominated 2001 French film. Now she comes to the stage in an inventive and captivating new musical directed by Tony Award winner Pam Mackinnon (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Clybourne Park), with a book by three-time Tony Award nominee Craig Lucas (An American in Paris), music by Daniel Messe (Hem), lyrics by Nathan Tysen (Tuck Everlasting) and Daniel Messe, and musical staging and choreography by Sam Pinkleton.

AMELIE, A NEW MUSICAL has scenic and costume design by Tony Award winner David Zinn, co-lighting design by Tony Award nominee Jane Cox and Mark Barton, sound design by Tony Award nominee Kai Harada, projection design by Drama Desk Award winner Peter Nigrini, musical direction by Kimberly Grigsby, vocal arrangements by Kimberly Grigsby and Daniel Messe, and orchestrations by Tony Award winner Bruce Coughlin.

The musical follows the mesmerizing journey of the inquisitive and charmingly shy Amelie who turns the streets of Montmartre into a world of her own imagining, while secretly orchestrating moments of joy for those around her. After discovering a mysterious photo album and meeting a handsome stranger, Amelie realizes that helping others is easier than participating in a romantic story of her own.

In 2015, Amelie, A NEW MUSICAL had its critically acclaimed world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, which topped "Best Theater of 2015" lists in the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Additional casting will be announced at a later date.