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Hi, I am a member of an italian theatre company. we would like to stage Moulin Rouge! (from Baz Luhrmann's film) and we're trying to find who has the rights but it's impossible!can you help us?thank you very much for the attention!

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Hi Carlotta.  It is quite impossible to find who has the rights to a motion picture and it is quite illegal to make a stage adaptation of it without first having been granted permission by that person.  I suggest you find a published musical to produce.  Best wishes, Doc

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Kenneth D. Plonkey

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Questions about acting and directing. Questions about getting started in a careeer. Questions about training and schooling for actors.

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I am a retired film actor. I am a retired university theatre program director and professor. I am the author of "The Tao of Acting, Mentoring for the Aspiring Actor" to be published this summer.

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BA, MA, PhD in Theatre Post graduate study with certificate in Media Acting

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