RENT 20th Anniversary Tour to Launch in Fall 2016

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 1/26/16 at 12:25pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Exclusive-RENT-20th-Anniversary-Tour-Will-Launch-in-Fall-2016-20160126

 

Between Hamilton, Aladdin, the Pantages season, and now this, today has been a whirlwind day for touring news!

Updated On: 1/26/16 at 12:25 PM

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 1/26/16 at 2:03pm

Oh God.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/26/16 at 2:07pm

Haven't we known about this tour for a while? This is just the "official" press release? 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 2/16/16 at 11:25am

Is there an official website or anything for this? I saw that it confirmed its dates in Baltimore, but I'm interested in seeing official info/other cities.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 2/16/16 at 11:47am

I'm wondering how much is up in the air now. 

https://twitter.com/ActorsEquity/status/693111510411796480

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 2/16/16 at 11:58am

They saw at least two people I know who are non-Equity. (I know for a fact that they are students without union cards.)

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/16/16 at 11:30am

Is this still non-Equity or what?

http://auditionupdate.com/index.php?s=2&p=256134

[RippedMan]

Posted: 3/16/16 at 12:22pm

It is. Which means it'll be a mess.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 3/16/16 at 12:32pm

RppiedMan said: "It is. Which means it'll be a mess."

 

@RippedMan: Why do you think it will be a mess? 

Updated On: 3/16/16 at 12:32 PM

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 11:28am

http://www.playbill.com/article/rent-20th-anniversary-tour-announces-cast-and-tour-stops

[Jud Faginsky]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 1:40pm

In the backstage picture of the original cast in the playbill article that BroadwayConcierge posted, who is the man on the far left of the picture? It sure looks like Neil Patrick Harris. 

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 1:49pm

It is Neil Patrick Harris.  He starred as Mark in the 2NT.

[Jud Faginsky]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 1:53pm

I guess I was confused about the caption. "Backstage pictures from the original Rent." I took that to mean original cast, as in the very first cast. Thanks. 

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 2:10pm

The photo does seem to be mostly (or all) OBC other than NPH.  Not sure if he was visiting backstage, if they were visiting the 2NT, if they were reprising their roles in the 2NT, or if the caption simply meant "original" production.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 2:21pm

Is this still a non Equity tour?

Posted: 8/15/16 at 2:36pm

Yes I believe it is.

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 3:02pm

Going by that cast list, it seems like it is non-eq.

[Jud Faginsky]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 3:13pm

The theatre near me where it is playing is definitely non equity. 

[Mike Costa]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 4:09pm

This is a Non-Equity production.  Actors will be paid one third of what a union member would be paid and the union rules will not apply for their well being.  The producers will reap incredible profits since the ticket price in Dallas alone, at a venue which has always been union, is $130 for orchestra with a $210 top price.  Such a rip off for the public who will assume they are getting a Union show at that price.This tour will play many such major markets. LA -The Pantages, Ft Lauderdale-Broward Center, SF-Golden Gate, Seattle-Paramount, Boston-Shubert, New Haven-Shubert, St Louis-Fox, DC-The National ...all major markets.

Happy for the talented Non-Union cast, sorry they will not be paid as producers reel in the profits from a show that played all of those venues many times before as a Union production. Such amazing greed on the part of producers to pocket the money and not pay the actors while ripping off the public.

[hork]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 4:49pm

The original non-Equity tour was exactly the same as the Broadway production and maybe even a little better (I thought the actresses playing Mimi and Maureen were better than the Broadway performers I later saw). There's no reason to think this tour won't be the same, or that the audience will be getting ripped off.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 5:07pm

hork said: "The original non-Equity tour was exactly the same as the Broadway production and maybe even a little better (I thought the actresses playing Mimi and Maureen were better than the Broadway performers I later saw). There's no reason to think this tour won't be the same, or that the audience will be getting ripped off.

 

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I don't think the argument is the difference in quality(especially with rent, which can be an amazing show no matter what production type it is) Rather the argument is why do the producers need to have rent as a non-equity tour? They would be making millions with this production while the actors are getting no compensation. Just my thought.

[Valentina3]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 5:13pm

Call_me_jorge said: " I don't think the argument is the difference in quality(especially with rent, which can be an amazing show no matter what production type it is) "

 

Er.. I have seen a really really bad production of Rent. The kind I'm still struggling to overcome - I cannot stand Rent anymore.

[Mike Costa]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 5:20pm

Right Jorge, I clearly said the cast would be talented.

The question, Hork, is of paying the cast a fair salary while the producers charge the public full price for tickets as if they were seeing one of the other huge union shows at these major venues. 

Rent is a gold mine to produce.  There is no cost in sets or traveling around the two tables they dance on in the second act. The entire orchestra is six musicians and the conductor has to play the piano. It has cheap written into it as opposed to Wicked, Aladdin,Phantom and Les Miz.

No need to get even cheaper by not paying the actors.

[hork]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 5:27pm

Okay, but how is that a ripoff for the public? You said, "Such a rip off for the public who will assume they are getting a Union show at that price," which to me implies that they'll be getting an inferior product.

[Mike Costa]

Posted: 8/15/16 at 7:39pm

Hork, a non-union production of Rent, which is inexpensive to produce, is not worth the same ticket price as a Union production of Wicked, Aladdin,Phantom or Les Miz at the same venue.  Yes, the public is getting ripped off.

Updated On: 8/15/16 at 07:39 PM