NYTimes confirms: Rent Closing on June 1 — Page 6

Why, it's the most disgusting atrocious thing EVER to happen in America.

Well, there go my dreams of playing the score...

I'm three years out of high school, there's not ONE school or community group nearby that's doing it, and my camp won't even GO NEAR putting it up. I guess I'll never MD Rent. Not in a million years. It's so stupid.

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Josh, people around you probably aren't doing it because THE RIGHTS AREN'T AVAILABLE YET.

The only rights currently available are for the school edition, and I don't even know if they're available to everyone just yet.

Are we really going to loose tears over this? It had a healthy run, and has run its course. It was on Broadway 10 years and has touched millions. I'm sure it will continue to change lives after Broadway. I'd love to see it come back in the future with better direction.

I've been over this show for a while now so I guess I'm indifferent to it's closing but I do feel a little bad for people who really loved this show and everyone involved with it.

Oh Diva... Waked and baked huh?

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Is it sold out already? There are no tickets available on Ticketmaster anymore.

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I'm not here to teach.

I'm here to point out others mistakes.

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Kelly, it is sold out, except for premium seats, which are something like $200. I went to the box office early this morning, and that's all they had left.

I feel like I just found out a family member died.

A very, very old family member who was ill and now, finally at peace.


I am very sad to hear about RENT, but...it's the right time. It's not the same anymore. I will miss it immensely with all my heart and soul, but for Jonathan, for the original cast. It doesn't have the same heart anymore, and hasn't for a long time.

I had a feeling, like many others I'm sure, that it would be coming to an end soon. When Anthony and Adam came back in '07 it was all too random, to me anyway... I just felt like the reason they were coming back was to get one last hurrah in before it was all over. It seemed obvious.... and then when Anthony did his small show in NYC a few weeks ago (which I'm lucky and proud to have been at) I had this feeling again. The "it's going to end any day now" feeling.

I walk past the Nederlander everyday to work. I used to walk past it everyday to college. That place is special and I will always remember it and what the show used to mean to me.

I didn't want to see it again after having finally seen Anthony and Adam.... but I might have to now. I'd hope that the entire original cast would come back for the last show, but I don't know how realistic that is with what their schedules must be like.

:sigh:

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Updated On: 1/16/08 at 01:32 PM

"On this thread several knowledgeable people have said that there's no way that this show is closing on June 1 and it will be extended through the summer. Others here have said that they are certain that June 1 is the closing date, period. So what is the concensus here? Does it close June 1 or not?"

No doubt the show will have a healthy boost in sales from now until it closes. Whether or not it actually closes June 1st depends on if the producers would like to let the show slowly whimper into a sad death or go out while sales are at a height. I wouldn't be surprised if they extended closing until the end of summer.

One of my favorite things about living in New York, and about New York theater is that we have these long-running shows. I have really liked that I could go see RENT any time; tonight, tomorrow, next week, 6 months from now, whenever! I didnt have to wait for the tour to come back like in other cities.

Sure, the cast in RENT nowadays has some trouble spots, but darn it, that could have been fixed. People are saying that its not the same show it was back in 96-97. Well guess what? It still is. Just because the Maureen you get may be a little dull or the Collins seems off that night does not mean we need to go around being glad that RENT is leaving.
I am still grateful that PHANTOM is there as my B-way comfort food, and yes PHANTOM still is at its 1988 peak condition......anybody thinks other wise I'll take you to a show and pay for your ticket so you can point out specificially what has gone wrong with it.
ANYWAY, its nice that shows stay here so long. I have yet to try out Mamma Mia or Spamalot. Its nice to know I dont have to rush to see them. Wicked? I saw it once in 2003, and its still nice to know that if I want to see it.........its there. And I wish so badly I could still say that about my beloved RENT---the show that took me from adolescence to adulthood.

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