Amélie the Musical
Daniel Messé
Original Broadway Cast
Warner Classics 0190295957988

Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s 2001 super-cute French film Amélie starring Audrey Tautou was a big hit at the box office, but this new musical based on the movie hasn’t manage to repeat that success. With music by Daniel Messé, book by Craig Lucas, and lyrics by Messé and Nathan Tysen, it opened on Broadway in April to mixed reviews and closed in late May.

Sticking pretty closely to the film’s plot, the musical tells the story of a shy, lonely waitress, a dreamer since childhood, who moves...