#1
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:29pm
I just got into an argument with someone about this. Is it????
IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
#2
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:30pm
Eventually.
Last night it was sold out, it seemed...or close to it.
Last night it was sold out, it seemed...or close to it.
Updated On: 8/5/05 at 03:30 PM
#3
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:32pm
yeah but theres no like definite ending date right?
#4
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:33pm
#5
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:34pm
Once the movie opens, you probably won't be able to get tickets.
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#6
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:34pm
I'm guessing it'll stay around at least a little while after the movie comes out. That should spark people's interest in seeing the musical onstage.
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#7
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:36pm
If it was closing, you'd know. You'd open up any theatre-related webpage, and surely you wouldn't be able to miss it.
Chill out.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
Chill out.
#8
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:36pm
My guess is as long as the show's making the producer's money and keeping the Nederlander's satisfied regarding audience capacity (most theatre owners have clauses where they can close a show if the audience attendance stays below a certain % over a time period), I can't imagine it would close anytime soon.
#9
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:39pm
Well Rent's attendance and grosses weren't so hot for a while. They are getting a little better.
I honestly don't think the movie of Rent will do what the Chicago movie did for the stage show.
I honestly don't think the movie of Rent will do what the Chicago movie did for the stage show.
#10
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:39pm
You people just got my hopes up, i am waiting for that closing notice!
#11
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:40pm
The movie will pick up the ticket sales. I'm sure it has at least 2 or 3 more years in it. Shows, especially high profile one's like Rent, don't just close without anyone knowing. There would be 1500 threads on here about it if it were closing, and I'm sure 1500 petitions to "save Rent" as well.
#12
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:41pm
I bet when it closes, it will be in the newspapers.
#13
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:43pm
And you'll hear the sobs of RENTheads all the way in like... Norway.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#14
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:44pm
It better not close! I like it too much! lol
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#15
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:45pm
Honestly. When Rent does announce it's closing. I want to stay far away from the boards. Those crazy Rentheads are going to be posting like crazy, and may lead us sane posters to jump off a cliff.
#16
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:45pm
And a rip will of course develop in the time space continuim...And the sky will turn black for 7 days...
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#17
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:48pm
I'm sure the break-even attendance percentage has got to be much lower than Chitty or Spamalot. It doesn't require stars, no big special effects or elaborate costumes, relatively low overhead. I mentioned to my partner when we saw Rent that they could probably run a very long time because of the low overhead.
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#18
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:49pm
RENT's running cost is also comparatively low.
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#19
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:50pm
I think it has at least a couple more years left in it. I think at one point, the attendance percentage was...painfully low. But the show is in good shape when I saw it a couple weeks back.
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#20
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:52pm
Rent doesn't take stars..... Joey Fatone, Scary Spice, Drew Lachey
#21
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:58pm
I bet it goes until at least the 10th Anniversary.
#22
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:59pm
I've been looking at the grosses. When it opened, it went for 2 years NEVER dropping below 102% attendance. Then almost another year where it was consistently sold out, but never lower than 84%. Then almost 2 more years in the 75-101% range. It wasn't until after 6 years that it started dropping below the 75% range, but even then the attendance hasn't consistenly dropped below the 65% range. When it did, something would make attendance spike back close to the sellout range. I think that's pretty amazing for a show that's been running since June of '96.
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#23
Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:00pm
Yeah, it's closing RIGHT after the movie opens. 
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#25
Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:02pm
You also got to think about the reunion show which isn't until next year, there's NO way that they would close the show before the reunion so you've got at least a year to get all the RENT you're heart can take!
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