Rent

A few years ago, Kristie and I took KoKo to see a production of Rent at the Ordway. It didn't feature many of the original cast members, but it was great.

A few months ago on DirecTV we noticed that the final Rent was showing. This - according to the film description - was the last performance of Rent on broadway filmed live and then released as a movie. While this last Broadway performance did not have many of the original cast members in their original roles, they did, however, have many of the original cast members come on stage and sing the final number, "Seasons of Love" with the current cast members.

After watching this video version of the musical, Kristie and Rene found that Rent was going to be in the cities again. This time at the Orpheum. With the original cast members! So much for it being the final performance of the play.

We jumped at the chance for tickets.

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Here is a clip from the 2005 big screen adaptation of the play.



Here is that final encore previously mentioned, replete with some of the original members.