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FOX doing RENT Live

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#50FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/13/17 at 2:16pm

I mean.


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#51FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/13/17 at 3:10pm

Yeah, they're going to ruin this one too.  Another Rocky Horror crapfest.

Ms. Tsepesh
#52FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/13/17 at 4:28pm

Whoever they cast, I just hope they put together something a little more true to the original than what I've seen of current shows being done.  Just some of the still images make my heart weep for an Angel who is a poor yet fashionable drag baby and for the sweet smitten couple that Wilson and Jesse gave us.  I don't know if they try for a more "edgy" Angel or what the goal is but if there isn't an innocence to Angel her singing about causing someone's dog to commit suicide just becomes monstrous.

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#53FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/13/17 at 6:28pm

With this coming from Fox, I can't imagine it won't somehow wind up being an indictment of the characters, their lifestyles, and some of the common plot points that detractors object to.


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#54FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/15/17 at 10:48am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FOX-Exec-Talks-Mature-Themes-in-Live-Production-of-RENT-Were-Not-Going-to-Shy-Away-From-It-20170515

I'm getting worried about the "family-friendly" version they talk about... hope they won't ruin the show!!!

They need to cast Layton Williams as Angel! Saw him on the UK 20th anniversary tour, and he was beyond amazing! 

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#55FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/15/17 at 12:21pm

jimmycurry01 said: "The programming on Fox is quite liberal and often risque (remember the near constant barrage of bare butts they gave us on NYPD Blue?).


NYPD Blue was on ABC

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#56FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/15/17 at 12:54pm

But Fox has still been subject to plenty of "attacks" over some of their content. True, it's been many years, but Married with Children certainly didn't sit well with a lot of the more conservative types, and a certain president spoke out very vocally about The Simpsons and their destructive influence.

 

That being said, I still don't have any expectation that this will be even a halfway decent product. I'd like to be proven wrong, but I'm not holding my breath.

jimmycurry01
#57FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/15/17 at 9:39pm

theatregeek6 said: "jimmycurry01 said: "The programming on Fox is quite liberal and often risque (remember the near constant barrage of bare butts they gave us on NYPD Blue?).


NYPD Blue was on ABC


 

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You know, after I typed that I started second guessing myself. I should have done better research.

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#58FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/15/17 at 9:43pm

I'm going to freak out if they dab after "passing fad". 


HELLO PEOPLE! :D

rjm516
#59FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/15/17 at 9:51pm

^ Oh my goodness Layton Williams is the Angel I saw in London a few months ago in the "Rent" production at the St James theatre (before it became The Other Palace, I think). He was MINDBLOWING. I would love for him to be in it.

CollegeDreamer
#60FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/16/17 at 2:34pm

Has anyone on here seen the petition to bring the current 20th Anniversary Tour cast to the Fox production? To be honest, there's only one or two performances I would be alright with to bring over.

rodrigo_ca
#61FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/17/17 at 9:24am

Guys, c'mon. Rocky Horror wasn't live and was directed by Kenny Ortega - a guy mostly known as the director of High School Musical and sequels and a Hannah Montana concert/movie.

Grease: Live, on the other hand, was a completely different thing - and a very good one. Rent: Live is also being produced by the Jonathan Larson estate, after all. I doubt they would let Fox shred the book or make poor decisions.

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GreasedLightning
#62FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 5/17/17 at 9:29am

CoolDogeGuy said: "I'm going to freak out if they dab after "passing fad". 

 

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HA! They did this on tour. 

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#63FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 8/8/17 at 2:14pm

http://bit.ly/2fq8TnV

Rent will air in 2018

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#64FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 9/25/17 at 3:05pm

It’s now going to air in 2019 http://www.broadway.com/buzz/189808/foxs-live-musical-broadcast-of-rent-has-an-air-date/


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#65FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 9/25/17 at 6:05pm

I'm a HUGE Renthead and I REALLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYY hope that Fox DOES NOT mess this up. I don't want them to cut out all of the songs like in the movie where they cut out Christmas Bells, We're Okay, Happy New Year A + B, etc. 

Anyway, here is who I think should be in the cast:

Mark - DEFINITELY Ben Platt

Roger - ?????

Mimi - Jasmine Cephas Jones

Joanne - Amber Riley or Danielle Brooks

Maureen - Lea Michele or Demi Lovato

Angel - DEFINITELY Todrick Hall

Collins - ?????

Benny - Leslie Odom, Jr.


HELLO PEOPLE! :D

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Call_me_jorge
#66FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 9/25/17 at 6:08pm

I wonder if it was postponed so Ben Platt can star in JCS and Rent. 


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#67FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 9/25/17 at 6:37pm

CoolDogeGuy said: "I'm a HUGE Renthead and IREALLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYY hope that Fox DOES NOT mess this up. I don't want them to cut out all of the songs like in the movie where they cut out Christmas Bells, We're Okay, Happy New Year A + B, etc.

Anyway, here is who I think should be in the cast:

Mark - DEFINITELY Ben Platt

Roger - ?????

Mimi - Jasmine Cephas Jones

Joanne - Amber Riley or Danielle Brooks

Maureen - Lea Michele or Demi Lovato

Angel - DEFINITELY Todrick Hall

Collins - ?????

Benny - Leslie Odom, Jr.
"

This is almost exactly the cast I dreamt up. Amber and Demi for sure, although I also think Cynthia Erivo would be a great Joanne. I think Leslie is a little too old to blend in with the rest of this particular cast. And I think Brendan Urie would be a fantastic Roger! Collins and Benny are a total mystery to me! 

I think it would be awesome if they could get Idina to do a pre-recorded cameo as Marks mother.

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#68FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 9/25/17 at 6:37pm

CoolDogeGuy said: "I'm a HUGE Renthead and IREALLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYY hope that Fox DOES NOT mess this up. I don't want them to cut out all of the songs like in the movie where they cut out Christmas Bells, We're Okay, Happy New Year A + B, etc.

Anyway, here is who I think should be in the cast:

Mark - DEFINITELY Ben Platt

Roger - ?????

Mimi - Jasmine Cephas Jones

Joanne - Amber Riley or Danielle Brooks

Maureen - Lea Michele or Demi Lovato

Angel - DEFINITELY Todrick Hall

Collins - ?????

Benny - Leslie Odom, Jr.
"

This is almost exactly the cast I dreamt up. Amber and Demi for sure, although I also think Cynthia Erivo would be a great Joanne. I think Leslie is a little too old to blend in with the rest of this particular cast. And I think Brendan Urie would be a fantastic Roger! Collins and Benny are a total mystery to me! 

I think it would be awesome if they could get Idina to do a pre-recorded cameo as Marks mother.

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#69FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 9/25/17 at 8:34pm

Seeing people dream cast this show is exasperating. Mimi is Spanish. You can not, and should not, just cast any person of color in that role. It's specifically written for a Latina women. Renée Elise Goldsberry was FANTASTIC, I will admit, but miscast - solely because she was not the correct race.


They/them. "Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."

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#70FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 9/26/17 at 1:29am

Put Brendon Urie and Liz Gillies in this somewhere. Please.

WaffleOnWheels
#71FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 9/27/17 at 6:23pm

Don't know if they are looking for big names, but I would kill to see Eva Noblezada as Mimi.

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#72FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 9/27/17 at 6:34pm

I think we can shelve this with NBCs, Bye Bye Birdie.  ie. things that will never happen

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#73FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 9/27/17 at 7:46pm

if emmy rossum doesn’t play mimi i will be furious 


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#74FOX doing RENT Live
Posted: 9/27/17 at 8:26pm

gypsy101 said: "if emmy rossum doesn’t play mimi i will be furious"

Amen to that. Oh and how about Kara Lindsey as Joanne? Her voice would kill that role! 


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