Future of RENT — Page 2

yea broadwayguy: i've seen shows that stay true to how far along they sell tickets & don't close. but yea w/e about that. i don't want to see it go either=[ it's such a timeless show.

I think it's had a great run but it's time to send it on its way. From what I've heard it's become very stale and dull. There is absolutly no shame in closing the show right now. Do I think it'll be around for another 3 years? Probably. Should it be around another 3 years? Not really, IMO

There are 2 reasons it's been able to survive with such low numbers :

- low operating costs

- the fact that Rent, like Chicago is running in a theatre that nobody wants.

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It's a perfect location, just steps from the Times Square subway station and tons of subway lines. In fact, it's a DREAM location in my opinion. Why would nobody want that location for a theater?

Honestly, Rent is my favorite show. And it's not that I think the subject material is any less relevant, but it HAS been playing for a while, and I think it would be better for it to close than for it to pathetically peter out and go down in musical theater history as a joke. It's not really so "fresh" anymore, but do we really need to see more former boy band members and American Idol contestants in there?
Run on sentences and ramblings put short: close it on a good note, so that we may all have fond memories.

I think it would be ideal to close it and let In The Heights take the theatre. Honestly, how long are you going to try to milk a dying cow?

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Margo of course brings up another good point I didn't consider. When RENT closes, the theatre will have to undergo massive renovations, which I assume will become the problem of whatever next show wants the theatre.

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Well, I'd hope that any renovation would be paid for by the Nederlanders themselves. After all, they and all their theatre-owning cronies have been tacking on that extra $1.50-2.00 to every ticket they've sold in the past few years supposedly for theatre renovation and maintenance. They should have millions saved by now to be able to give the Nederlander Theater a really first-rate renovation (that is if they haven't just been pocketing that money all these years).

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It's a perfect location, just steps from the Times Square subway station and tons of subway lines. In fact, it's a DREAM location in my opinion. Why would nobody want that location for a theater?

Definitely not a dream location. It's below Time Square, it's not near other theatres (the back of the New Amsterdam doesn't count; no one walks goes there), and there's nothing else on 41st street that would lure you down there other than Rent. Not to mention the fact that 2 giant construction projects at the other end of the block deter even more tourist foot traffic. If that's your ideal, I hope you never aspire to commercial real estate.

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