Photo Flash: First Look at Rehearsals for AMELIE, Starring Phillipa Soo

Center Theatre Group presents "Amélie, A New Musical" at the Ahmanson Theatre which begins previews December 4, 2016, opens December 16 and continues through January 15, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsals below!

In addition to the previously announced Phillipa Soo (Tony Award nominee for "Hamilton") in the title role, the cast will feature, in alphabetical order, Emily Afton, Alyse Alan Louis, David Andino, Randy Blair, Heath Calvert, Adam Chanler-Berat, Alison Cimmet, Savvy Crawford, Manoel Felciano, Harriett D. Foy, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Tony Sheldon, Jacob Keith Watson and Paul Whitty.

Based on the motion picture written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant, "Amélie, A New Musical" will have its Broadway premiere in 2017 with full casting, Broadway theatre and dates to be announced soon.

Amélie 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 Messé ("Hem"), lyrics by Nathan Tysen ("The Burnt Part Boys") and Daniel Messé, musical staging and choreography by Sam Pinkleton, musical direction by Kimberly Grigsby, vocal arrangements by Kimberly Grigsby and Daniel Messé, and orchestrations by Tony Award winner Bruce Coughlin.

Tickets for "Amélie, A New Musical" are available by calling (213) 972-4400 or online at CenterTheatreGroup.org, or by visiting the Center Theatre Group box office at the Ahmanson Theatre. The Ahmanson Theatre is located at The Music Center, 135 N. Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, 90012.

Photo Credit: Joan Marcus

Adam Chanler-Berat, Kimberly Grigsby, Sam Pinkleton, Pam Mackinnon, Phillipa Soo and Doug Baker

Adam Chanler-Berat, Sam Pinkleton and Phillipa Soo

Pam Mackinnon and Craig Lucas

Adam Chanler-Berat and Savvy Crawford

Craig Lucas, Nathan Tysen and Daniel Messe

Adam Chanler-Berat, Kimberly Grigsby, Sam Pinkleton, Pam Mackinnon and Phillipa Soo

Adam Chanler-Berat and Phillipa Soo