How can I use one number from Rent in my show?
Hello,
I am planning to produce a play in Korea. We would like to include the musical number "La Vie Bohème" from the musical Rent in our production. We intend to translate the lyrics into Korean ourselves and perform it live. While we can request copyright permission for the sound recording through the Korea Music Copyright Association, we need the author’s consent for translating the lyrics and performing them ourselves.
Could you please advise us on how to obtain the necessary permissions for this?
Thank you.
Hello! MTI does not handle any small rights licensing/permissions, aka individual songs' usage. For this you'd need to reach out to your local small rights society. As for translations, we also do not work with individual song translations, but you may want to reach out to a local Korean producer who has produced Rent on a large scale/professional level to see if they might offer their translation for the song to you.