R.I.P.

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After 12 years on Broadway, one of the most influential musicals of the '90s, Rent, is closing.

The last show will be June 1st.

Sad.

It'd be awesome if the original cast members came back for the final performance though.

Posted: Jan 16, 2008 at 12:28 pm / Email this »

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sam says – reply to this

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still going strong on the westend though, shame I'l never get to see it on broadway
kel says – reply to this

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Awh.
Laney says – reply to this

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argh no! i only saw it once! that's so disapointing.
laurennn says – reply to this

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FIRST
KIKOOOOOOOO says – reply to this

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FIRST!
trallaaa says – reply to this

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Firsttttttt
KD says – reply to this

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first
Biminnie says – reply to this

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Y!!!!!
laurennn says – reply to this

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FIRST
im well sad
i love rent
i wanted to go see it but now i cant :'(
Woody!!!! says – reply to this

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Wow, that reall is sad. Rent had a major influence in my life. I still listen to the soundtract all the time. Maybe I should make a trip to NY before it's too late.
Blablabla says – reply to this

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En wie geeft een drol om dit nutteloze nieuws?
smartcookie says – reply to this

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NOOOOOO! so sad.
Carrie says – reply to this

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I hope the musical was better than the movie b/c the movie sucked, I couldn't make it through the entire thing. Bleh.
Sam says – reply to this

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Nooooooooooooooooooo::inhales::oooooooooooo!
WORLD GONE MAD says – reply to this

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Guess the crazies aren't out & about yet today… THIS is all ya got? YAWN
jacob says – reply to this

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Bye…
azianboiwonder says – reply to this

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at least we'll always have seasons of love!
mikeeee says – reply to this

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first!!!!!!
colleen says – reply to this

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5
smartcookie says – reply to this

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NOOOOOOO! so so sad.
flos says – reply to this

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whyy????
brian says – reply to this

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Ah, I didn't know about this - what a shame! RENT is one of the most influential musicals of our time and it's truly one of the best musicals in a very long time. Broadway will miss this legendary musical!
mudge says – reply to this

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thank gawd!!! more like the most annoying musical of the 90's, good riddance to bad theatre!!!!
Kimberly says – reply to this

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Sad! Very influential indeed.
Linx0rz says – reply to this

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Who cares
PooPooPants says – reply to this

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Who gives a flying FUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK! GIVE ME DA GOSSIP perez!!! Who fucking cares!!!! What's going on with Brit?? Has she popped out 12 more babies yet? Give us the scoop!!!!
Cheyenne says – reply to this

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FIRST! They should call it everyone gets AIDS and dies
Madhatter says – reply to this

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1st
gilga says – reply to this

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First bitches! Hehe WHO CARES ABOUT FIRST ANYWAY
dana says – reply to this

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that makes me so sad
Nicole says – reply to this

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Im seeing it in March…its amazing!
Crystal says – reply to this

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NOOOOOO! I'll never get to see it now! That sucks.

RENT…you will be missed.

But yeah. that would be pretty damn awesome if the original cast came back. Anthony Rapp rocks.
jen says – reply to this

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about time, it's so dated. where will all the idols go now? look out mama mia
Lance Bass Loves MUFF says – reply to this

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LOL
jen says – reply to this

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about time, it's so dated. where will all the idols go now? look out mama mia
Inket says – reply to this

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:(
:-( says – reply to this

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That is the saddest news I've heard all week. This is more tragic than the f*** up Britney.
nat says – reply to this

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FIRST!
Kristin says – reply to this

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I am so happy I got to see it before it closes
bcy022988 says – reply to this

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FIRST!
this makes me so sad
rent says – reply to this

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sucks! the show sucks!
DJ says – reply to this

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Very sad indeed. I'm crushed
Lulu_LaRue says – reply to this

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Could care less
molly says – reply to this

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damn it! now i can't run away to NYC for the first time to see it!
rebak07 says – reply to this

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first
mike says – reply to this

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fiiirst!
Billy says – reply to this

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Thank god. Let them all die already. Showed sucked!
Moriah says – reply to this

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Sad?? Really?? I don't know.. I'm a big fat faghag, but I saw this play and it was a snooze-fest to me.
Me says – reply to this

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first
DWR says – reply to this

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Thank God. What a depressing fuck of a show.
Emily Page says – reply to this

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omg no.. i was gonna go to broadway in september for the first time and REALLY wanted to go see orginal Rent…….
Rent Sucks says – reply to this

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What a fucking boring show. If they all got a part-time job they could pay their fucking rent. What a dumb concept for a show!
Cassandra says – reply to this

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no way.
that sucks. i'm seeing it again then.
Alex says – reply to this

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Umm…it's closing on the west end moron.

Sad.
Jess says – reply to this

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I never had a chance to see it It was one that i always wanted to, i am a renthead without actually seeing it in its natural state, on broadway
Joshua says – reply to this

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Why on earth would they close it???

It is a great musical and me and all my friends want to go to see it soon but
WTF!

XoXo
J3||0
hotel283 says – reply to this

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as if…"Rent" actually stand for "low-RENT version of 'La Boheme' dumbed down to mental retardation levels and populated with overwrought Broadways types who MUST belt every song out at the top of their lungs (being in tune is for off-Broadway!!)"

This show is CRAP - sorry, just because generation of slack jawed suburbanites and liked it does not mean it's good, remember "Cats"?
jen says – reply to this

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how can people be sad about this show. it's agent and boring. let's leave the 90's in the 90's
cornjob says – reply to this

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good riddance - it's boring whiny crap
cass says – reply to this

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
rent is my most favorite.
=(
Pikato says – reply to this

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Rent was the first musical I saw when I was only 16 ….I'm sad to see it go.
Rex says – reply to this

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They should've paid their rent.
katherine says – reply to this

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I'm devestated! I've seen RENT 3 times (Toronto, Nashville, NYC) and RENT Remixed 1 time (not nearly as good as original), it's my favourite ever. There's nothing like seeing it live!! I'll never get to see it again:(
Jayne says – reply to this

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Oh my God I just saw it for the first time this weekend!!! I'm so glad that I did because I won't be in NY again for awhile. This is so sad…its such an amazing show.
Once more! says – reply to this

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ONE MORE PERFORMANCE BY THE ORIGINAL CAST WITH THE BEST VOICES WOULD BE SPECTACULAR TO SAY THE LEAST!!!!!!!!!
rent is amazing says – reply to this

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they should totally get all the original cast members NOT the movie ones….idina menzel,taye diggs,wilson jermaine heredia,adam pascal,anthony rapp,jesse l martin,daphne rubin vega,fredi walker….back when rent was actually GOOD
Lisa LIsa says – reply to this

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Wow showing my age here but I was one of the 20 dollar ticket people in the first and second season half a dozen times. Great memories of how electrifying this show was and how groundbreaking and different. It will be missed. Nothing has ever come close to the appeal and style it has.
A-Rok says – reply to this

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My friend texted me at 130am upset about it. I can't believe it. I've seen Rent 4 times…and its definately one of my favs on Broadway. However, there are so many Rentheads out there…so it may be gone…but we're still going to be driving around blasting it.
rent is amazing says – reply to this

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they should totally get all the original cast members NOT the movie ones….idina menzel,taye diggs,wilson jermaine heredia,adam pascal,anthony rapp,jesse l martin,daphne rubin vega,fredi walker….back when rent was actually GOOD….and they should all do the last show or something
CZ says – reply to this

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That's sad. Great show and I can't imagine the broadway landscape w/o it.
rjp3 says – reply to this

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an american classic
AIDS was still killing people (no cocktail) when this first opened.
A play that respected trans people, gay people, and non-yuppies - was and is very rare.

HAIR / RENT / SPRING AWAKENING - the best of Broadway.
Mathew says – reply to this

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the most influencial musical of the last 50 years..perez this is only 1 of 3 musicals to ever win a pulitzr prize…and changed the way the american theater does its business and changed the entire sound of broadway
Mathew says – reply to this

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the most influencial musical of the last 50 years..perez this is only 1 of 3 musicals to ever win a pulitzr prize…and changed the way the american theater does its business and changed the entire sound of broadway
Katie says – reply to this

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That sucks. I love Rent! They original cast should do some charity shows for Aids.
Lindz27 says – reply to this

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Oh My god - a single tear just ran down my face…..just so you know…the 7pm show for the Final performance on June 1st is sold out….they have a 2pm thought….
mar says – reply to this

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you should have used the broadway poster, not the movie poster
kristen says – reply to this

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this is heartbreaking. Must get back out to New York soon.
Elphie says – reply to this

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That depresses me. I didn't get to see Rent when I was in New York and now I never will. *sniffle sniffle*
NYHEART13 says – reply to this

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I am so sad to see that RENT is going to be closing down. That was the best show I have ever seen, both on the road and in NYC. That is such a great show to wake people up in our society, it is such a shame. It will certainly be very missed! =( Would be great if the original cast did come back, I got to see when Anthony and Adam came back this past fall and the performance was just out of this world amazing!
cambel says – reply to this

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The ORIGINAL cast returning?!?!!? Yeah right a bunch of 45 year olds returning to play a group of unemployed 20 year olds bitching because the landlord who has let them live rent free for a year is going to start charging them rent…yeah, we all want to see that.
dina says – reply to this

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this show was amazing with the original cast
dina says – reply to this

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this show was amazing with the original cast
Nothing to be sad about says – reply to this

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I watched the show in 2004. It wasnt good. After the show, I wished I could get my money back. Good that it's closing.
Nothing to be sad about says – reply to this

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I watched the show in 2004. It wasnt good. After the show, I wished I could get my money back. Good that it's closing.
Christine says – reply to this

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NOOOOOO!!! I must get to NY before June
Nat says – reply to this

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This saddens me greatly.
I think the problem lately has been the casting choices.
Current cast SUCKS. Big time. They could have salvaged the run if they'd stopped casting pseudo-celebs and started using real broadway performers again.
Lovin' it says – reply to this

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awww, I'm sad! But luckily I got to see it on broadway.. I'll have to try and see it one more time. so sad.
Karrisa says – reply to this

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I'm so depressed
the anti rent head says – reply to this

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Finally. That show has outstayed its welcome.
Time to make room for better shows. it's the same thing over and over with this show! it goes no where.
the only reason it did well is because jonathan larson died the day t opened.
Laury says – reply to this

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Awwwww that's too bad, I've always wanted to see it on Broadway And you're right, it'd be awesome to see the original cast reunited
Jen says – reply to this

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
adam says – reply to this

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you know it would be great if the original cast would come back for a big finale… it would also be good if your fat ass would have posted a picture of the original cast… yours has the cast of the movie. pbbbbttttththt!!!
T says – reply to this

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THANK GOD. MAYBE IT'S FINALLY CLOSING B/C THE CHEAP PRODUCERS KEPT PUTTING AMERICAN IDOL LOSERS IN THE CAST ALONG WITH RENT-HEADS WHO COULDN'T SING FOR SHIT.
Ashley says – reply to this

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I'm really sad. :[
I've always wanted to see it.
Instead, I had to see Hairspray. :\
Taye diggs wifey... /ladivenom says – reply to this

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TAYE DIGGS IS GREAT !!
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