IS RENT CLOSING OR WHAT? YES OR NO- Page 2

[Pinguin]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:04pm

People who are worried about Rent closing anytime soon are silly people. It has a couple years left in it, and I think the movie will inspire people to revisit the show.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:05pm

now will DRV be in the reunion i mean she is too old to do the movie apperintly

[jam_man]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:07pm

They've reportedly already signed the ENTIRE opening night cast for the reunion show. They're even trying to sign the opening night band to play, as well.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:07pm

She'll be in the reunion - it's the ENTIRE OBC. It doesn't matter what they LOOK like for a reunion concert, as it does for a movie. Obvious, isn't it?

[Pinguin]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:09pm

Eek...I don't think I would be able to handle DRV for the reunion show...count me out.

[WickedOne2]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:09pm

There is no way Rent is going to close before the movie opens or even the 10th year anniversary planned for April 2006. It would be marketing suicide.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:10pm

Emcce i don't care i was just beign a bitch...if you haevn't noticed everything i say abotu Rent is synical

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:12pm

Phantom has been basically selling out ever since the movie opened. Prior to that, it was really struggling. The Rent movie should at least have that much of an effect, because it seems as if the material has been beautifully adapted (from what I can tell from the trailers).

Updated On: 8/5/05 at 04:12 PM

[EverythingIsRENT]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:49pm

BWayBaby, what the hell's your problem? If you don't like RENT, you don't have to come to a thread about the show and add absolutely NOTHING to the discussion.

RENT closing rumers have been around forever because ever since the first OBC member left, there has been someone to complain that the cast now "sucks". September is a rough month for shows and every September there is usually a "RENT closing" thread. But summer is always good for Broadway and right now the show is in good shape. Like others have said, this show will stay open at LEAST two more years, but i'm hoping it can beat Cats

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 4:52pm

I don't think I said anything specifically to you, BwayBaby. (P.S. it's 'cynical.')

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 5:00pm

I am seeing the show again in the fall because of the movie. And I think the movie will hit a wider audience and create a new one for the show for awhile.

[jstabwaybabi]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 6:03pm

oh mannnnn...you guys gotta chill out and enjoy Rent while its here and not fawn over when its closing or when its not closing. im sure whoever closes it will give you enough time to go see it again...i wouldnt worry too much.

[loudasthehelliwant]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 6:04pm

This is off topic, but I don't want to start ANOTHER Rent thread...

My friend's friend is in NYC this week, and she saw Rent and loved it... but she said that they cut some of Seasons of Love/that it was shorter? I didn't think that sounded likely to me... :-/ Is she just confused? Or what?

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 6:09pm

"Rent doesn't take stars..... Joey Fatone, Scary Spice, Drew Lachey"

Exactly. They don't take stars.

[Pinguin]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 6:09pm

I have a feeling she doesn't know what she's talking about, loudasthehelliwant :0)

[MyDreamsRecurring]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 6:11pm

Oh, that sucks!
RENT is my favorite show on bway right now.
gar.

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 6:13pm

I hope Rent does well after the movie. If it has the same effect like Phantom or Chicago, then it will. *Phantom love*

[LuvBroadwayHugs]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 6:13pm

Sort of off the topic, but does anyone know when Matt Caplan is leaving the show? I'm going at the end of this month and I'd like to see him again.

[loudasthehelliwant]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 6:14pm

Thanks, Pinguin. That's what I thought. Maybe she came in late after intermission and only saw Seasons B?

[meagan9848]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 9:14pm

Caplan's got himself an open ended contract. Cary is leaving in January. They're amazing together.

and regarding the "stars..."

the grosses are higher without those people then with them.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 9:58pm

It'll stay probably 2 more years after the movie comes out. Unless it sweeps the Oscars like Chicago did (which I hope it does), it will last a couple more years. The film, IMO, will be a phenomenon among audiences but whether it will pass as a film version among critics is yet to be seen. :-/

[nystateomind04]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 10:20pm

“I'm gonna be really optimstic hopefully it will get totally shafted”- another thread

“You people just got my hopes up, i am waiting for that closing notice!”

“i would throw the biggest party”

“Emcce i don't care i was just beign a bitch...if you haevn't noticed everything i say abotu Rent is synical”


No, everything you say about Rent isn't synical. It isn't even cynical. Obnoxious, annoying and poorly executed-- yes, but not "synical". Try again.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 10:38pm

Let's hope so.....

[Marquise]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 10:50pm

This from someone who sports an avatar from THAT BIG OL' FLOP "Side Show". Yeah. uh-huh. Whatever.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/5/05 at 10:54pm

Marquise, your avatar...who dat! Yummy!