Scripts

[oaleoliveira]

Hi people! Does anyone knows where I can find those scripts?:

- Beauty and the Beast: Live on Stage
- Voyage of the Little Mermaid
- Snow White an Enchanting New Musical
- Spirit of Pocahontas

or any Disney Parks shows script. Thanks!!?

 

[yensid67]

I seriously doubt that you could find a park script for any show, but if ya wanna try I would start with calling Entertainment department and start there. They may be able to give a definitive NO answer then and there! I would be VERY surprised if they said YES and gave you info on where to get a script(s). Good Luck!

(depending what you are looking for look at theatre scripts suppliers...call the theatre to find out who they get scripts through) just an idea!

 

[JourneysEnd]

You do realize you'd have to pay big time to be able to use any of that? Even school plays need special permission to use intellectual property.

 

[JourneysEnd]

Here's a link, but I don't know if they have any Disney titles. It will give you an idea of cost involved. https://www.playscripts.com/help/ordering

 

[yensid67]

just do a yahoo search on THEATRE SCRIPTS and it should give you a starting point!

 

[WondersOfLife]

You do realize you'd have to pay big time to be able to use any of that? Even school plays need special permission to use intellectual property.

Depending on how it is used. For instance.. A school chorus wouldn't have to pay to use the songs. You wouldn't have to pay for rights if you wanted to use the material for a high school musical theatre competition.. Schools do this all the time without paying rights.

However, to outright perform the entire performance as an actual show for an audience without paying royalties is indeed illegal.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Depending on how it is used. For instance.. A school chorus wouldn't have to pay to use the songs. You wouldn't have to pay for rights if you wanted to use the material for a high school musical theatre competition.. Schools do this all the time without paying rights.

However, to outright perform the entire performance as an actual show for an audience without paying royalties is indeed illegal.

Just because a use is not stopped does not mean it is clearly a case of fair use, which is determined more on a case-by-case basis.

 

[danlb_2000]

Depending on how it is used. For instance.. A school chorus wouldn't have to pay to use the songs. You wouldn't have to pay for rights if you wanted to use the material for a high school musical theatre competition.. Schools do this all the time without paying rights.

However, to outright perform the entire performance as an actual show for an audience without paying royalties is indeed illegal.

It is rarely legal to perform things without some sort of license agreement. When it comes to school choruses they may just be getting away with it, or the school might have an ASCAP or BMI license to cover things like this. As for the theater competition, if its just within the school they might not have a problem, but if the public is invited they would need a performance license.

Disney does have a series of Broadway Jr productions that they license out. The theater group I work with has done some of these and the licensing fees are not unreasonable.

 

[oaleoliveira]

Im a collector of scripts guys. Im from Brazil and I Dont know english, so I cant hear the show and write it ;((
Anyone can do that?

 

[WondersOfLife]

Just because a use is not stopped does not mean it is clearly a case of fair use, which is determined more on a case-by-case basis.

Well out of the 80 schools I have worked in that have chorus.. Almost all have performed a Disney medley. And almost all did not purchase rights to use them. My dad is a retired elementary/high school principal. He says that as long as it is being used for educational purposes, a school chorus can perform.

Much like how I went to camp choir at Charleston Southern University and we performed a Little Shop of Horrors medley.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Well out of the 80 schools I have worked in that have chorus.. Almost all have performed a Disney medley. And almost all did not purchase rights to use them. My dad is a retired elementary/high school principal. He says that as long as it is being used for educational purposes, a school chorus can perform.

Much like how I went to camp choir at Charleston Southern University and we performed a Little Shop of Horrors medley.

Again, just because it has been done, even repeatedly, does not mean there was no infringement. Public performances, even as a school group, are performances and Disney requires performers to get a license.

http://www.disneytheatricallicensing.com/faq

 

[unkadug]

Well out of the 80 schools I have worked in that have chorus.. Almost all have performed a Disney medley. And almost all did not purchase rights to use them. My dad is a retired elementary/high school principal. He says that as long as it is being used for educational purposes, a school chorus can perform.

Much like how I went to camp choir at Charleston Southern University and we performed a Little Shop of Horrors medley.

Paging @BuddyThomas ....

As a playwright he should be able to shed some light on this.

 

[WondersOfLife]

Paging @BuddyThomas ....

As a playwright he should be able to shed some light on this.

I know the limitations for plays. But for music, I believe it is different. Much like how churches EVERYwhere sing songs by MercyMe, TobyMac.. Ect.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I know the limitations for plays. But for music, I believe it is different. Much like how churches EVERYwhere sing songs by MercyMe, TobyMac.. Ect.

It doesn't matter how many people do it. Nor can you keep tossing out different examples because there is no one set of absolute rules. Rights holders can release content under different types of licenses. Those churches you now cite could be infringing, they could have bought the rights or the artists/labels allow church performances without specific permission.

 

[danlb_2000]

I know the limitations for plays. But for music, I believe it is different. Much like how churches EVERYwhere sing songs by MercyMe, TobyMac.. Ect.

No music isn't any different, if you are performing it publicly you need to license it. Church's probably get away with it since the rights holders might consider it bad PR to sue a church and likely the only thing they would get out of the suit is stopping the church from doing it again.

 

[unkadug]

Most music is covered under an ASCAP license. As I understand it, if you pay for an ASCAP license then you may perform any ASCAP music.

Bars and restaurants that play music are legally obligated to pay these royalty fees to ASCAP or face criminal charges.

 

[danlb_2000]

Most music is covered under an ASCAP license. As I understand it, if you pay for an ASCAP license then you may perform any ASCAP music.

Bars and restaurants that play music are legally obligated to pay these royalty fees to ASCAP or face criminal charges.

This is also the route that a lot of schools probably go. Even a marching band playing at a football game needs a performance license of some sort.

 

[LAKid53]

My experience as (1) a theater major and (2) someone purchasing scripts for a performance of Murder in the Cathedral by our church (which happened to be a cathedral), the purchase cost of the script includes any/all copyright fees.

However, I doubt if the OP would be able to purchase a "script" of a Disney Parks show. Something performed on stage - meaning Broadway, regional theatre, etc. - should be available.

 

[BuddyThomas]

Paging @BuddyThomas ....

As a playwright he should be able to shed some light on this.

The Disney shows that are available are licensed through MTI. Here is a link:

http://www.mtishows.com/show_results.asp?key=DISNEY

 

[danlb_2000]

My experience as (1) a theater major and (2) someone purchasing scripts for a performance of Murder in the Cathedral by our church (which happened to be a cathedral), the purchase cost of the script includes any/all copyright fees..

Having done a ton of community theater shows, It's sort of the other way around. When you license a show for performance you generally also purchase (or in the case of musicals rent) the scripts that go along with it. Just having purchased a copy of the script does NOT automatically give you performance rights. I can go to any of the licensing houses and purchase a copy of a script for a play to read but that purchase does not give me the right to perform the show.