Hey, everyone Steph here and today I am going to talk about the musical Amelie. I am doing this as part of my underappreciated musicals series. I know it's been a while but I'm back! Let's get to it. Productions Amelie is a musical based on a film of the same name. The show has had three productions including the Broadway one. The first production opened at Berkeley Rep with Samanta Barks as Amelie. The show then moved to LA where it ran from December 4th, 2016- January 15th, 2017. For this Phillipa Soo of Hamilton fame was in the title role of Amelie. The last stop of this show, for now, was Broadway: the show opened with previews beginning March 9th, 2017, and the official opening was April 3rd, 2017. The show closed on May 21st, 2017 after 27 previews and 56 performances. Plot We are first introduced to young Amelie and her family (Times Are Hard For Dreamers/Prologue). Amelie parents Ralphel and Amadine both have issues, and so Amelie feels isolated and emotiona