IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
#0IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:29pmI just got into an argument with someone about this. Is it????
#1re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:30pm
Eventually.
Last night it was sold out, it seemed...or close to it.
Updated On: 8/5/05 at 03:30 PM
#2re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:32pmyeah but theres no like definite ending date right?
#4re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:34pmOnce the movie opens, you probably won't be able to get tickets.
LesMizazz
Stand-by Joined: 5/22/04
#5re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:34pmI'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.
#6re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
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.
#7re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
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.
#8re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
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.
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#9re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:39pmYou people just got my hopes up, i am waiting for that closing notice!
#10re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:40pmThe 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.
#11re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:41pmI bet when it closes, it will be in the newspapers.
#12re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:43pmAnd you'll hear the sobs of RENTheads all the way in like... Norway.
#13re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:44pmIt better not close! I like it too much! lol
#14re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:45pmHonestly. 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.
#15re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:45pmAnd a rip will of course develop in the time space continuim...And the sky will turn black for 7 days...
#16re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:48pmI'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.
#17re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:49pmRENT's running cost is also comparatively low.
#18re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:50pmI 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.
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#19re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:52pmRent doesn't take stars..... Joey Fatone, Scary Spice, Drew Lachey
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#20re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:58pmI bet it goes until at least the 10th Anniversary.
#21re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 3:59pmI'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.
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#22re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:00pm
Yeah, it's closing RIGHT after the movie opens. 
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
bwaybound865
Stand-by Joined: 5/30/05
#24re: IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO
Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:02pmYou 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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