Amélie at Berkeley Rep: A Spirited Musical Adaptation of the Beloved French Film

A pivotal discovery, with choral support: Amélie (Samantha Barks) finds the long-lost toy box that changes her life. Photos by Kevin Berne Fidelity is a trait to be commended, in situations. Those situations don't always include the process of transforming a story from one dramatic medium to another -- a movie or a novel into a play, for example. The original provides a launching point, but the adaptation has to stand on its own legs. Berkeley Rep's cheerful new Amélie, a musical reworking of ...