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RENT 10

Posted: 8/31/06 at 3:07pm

Being the big Renthead that I am. I was woundering if anyone knew if they were going to release the 10th year benifit on DVD anytime soon? I know they plan to do that with Chicago. I would of have done anything to be their. I NEED TO SEE IT WITH THE OBC. If not does anyone know when they will be performing all togeather again in NYC.

Thanks for your help

Rent The best show on Broadway. I was at the closing. BEST night of my Life. April 29th 1996-September 7th 2008 12 years of love "No Day But Today"

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 3:16pm

Umm no there not doing it with REnt and there not even doing doing it with Chiago. They're re-releasing the CD with a DVD with interviews. And other artists who have been in the show that they have recorded singing some of the popular songs from the show.

Updated On: 8/31/06 at 03:16 PM

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 3:20pm

Buy the movie. thats as close os your going to get.

"Have they come yet?"

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 3:22pm

You will NEVER see a show released on DVD while it is still playing. If they did everyone would buy the $20 DVD and not the $111 tickets and the show would close.

"Have they come yet?"

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 3:25pm

Yes that's true, they did record it so maybe they are planning to release it when the show closes. But doubtful.

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 3:32pm

Every show gets recorded, and most special events of this sort also are recorded. Rarely are any of them ever released. Especially now that the film exists, the odds of this happening are almost nil.

"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. " --Sueleen Gay

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 4:37pm

If none of them are released, what is the point of recording shows? Or is there a special place that you can view them. Just curious.

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 4:50pm

First of all, not every show gets recorded. Second, the ones that do are generally recorded for storage at the Lincoln Center branch of the NYPL. They are archived there for research purposes, though most anyone with an Access Card can view any of the tapes (unless there is a special restriction). However, those recordings are the expense of the library, not the show, so it is entirely possible that the show can release any subsequent recording of the show. Though RENT's 10th anniversary was filmed, it remains to be seen if it will ever be released. Even if that recording was archived at the library, it doesn't mean it was filmed under the library's archive's supervision...it just means they are authorized to have a copy.

However, keep in mind that the tapes in the archives are NOT commercial quality. Those recordings are not allowed to be mass-produced at all, so NONE of them will ever be pubically available (well, in our lifetime, at some point the copyright on all these works will expire and they will enter the public domain).

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 5:04pm

So if you're a member of the library, you can watch them? That's pretty cool.

#10

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 5:16pm

Oh man, Renthead#1 . . . not only did you say the bad word (how long till this thread gets deleted?), but now that song is going to be stuck in my head all night!

To riding your bike midday past the three piece suits, To fruits, to no absolutes. To absolut, to choice, to the village voice. To any passing fad. To being an us, for once. Instead of a them

"I wrote a book: "How to Be Popular". Now I've put together a top ten list of how to help you: -Elphie, everyday... shower. I mean, who knows? Maybe some of that green is gonna come off! -Deodorant Elphie. No body likes a stinky witch! -I think we've covered the hair, we'll get to that. -Clean underclothes. That's all I'm gonna say. -Look at your posture. That's no way to be popular! -Bed made, room straightened. We've done that. -Colors blended. Oookay. -But the most important thing to have, to make yourself popular, is to keep your beautiful smile." ~Kristin Chenoweth in her last performance of the song "Popular"

#11

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 9:12pm

I think it was discussed right after the RENT 10 show that it was filmed for archive/press purposes and wasn't going to be released. I also remember someone posting that Anthony Rapp mentioned at a book signing that it would never be released because of issues with rights, etc...

#12

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 9:15pm

I remember that, too; something about that Sony owns the rights to Rent as an on-screen entity, so any other film version of it (including the benefit filmed on stage) cannot be released. It was a sacrfice they made, I guess.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#13

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:18pm

I believe Miss Saigon's closing performance was also recorded (multi-camera?), but we'll never see it unless someone decides to ransack Mackintosh's house(s).

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

#14

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:24pm

NJRae> Saying Youtube isnt against BWW policy. Posting links to it are. Youtube is a refrence to a website everone knows exists. There is noting wrong with saying it. BWW Policy is:
"Please be advised that the posting of links to material located on such servers as YouTube is not permitted. YouTube is not copyright holders to commercial material nor (most likely) are the individuals posting videos to material to which they did not create themselves. "
It says nothing about mentioning the term youtube. If someone were to go there on thier own and search for a video there is nothing wrong with that.

"Have they come yet?"

#15

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:40pm

Be more considerate you guys... don't you realize that Coolkid just HAS TO SEE THE OBC!?

Something awful might happen if he doesn't!

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#16

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:45pm

No, Coolkid JUST HAS KEEP CREATING THREADS!

"Have they come yet?"

#17

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:55pm

Didn't he already post a thread about how he needed to see the Original Cast before? I swear coolkid has!

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." - Marilyn Monroe

Updated On: 8/31/06 at 10:55 PM

#18

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:57pm

Yes. And he's posted numerous other uneeded/immature threads.

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#19

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 11:06pm

You could build a time machine, and go back and see it!

I mean I do that all the time.

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." - Marilyn Monroe

#20

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 11:26pm

myManCape: I was just kidding, lol. Although I do think I recall a thread or two being deleted b/c of too many youtube mentions, I was really just playing. Like "oooh, you said a bad word!"

#21

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Posted: 8/31/06 at 11:34pm

The mod deleted a thread because someone said "poop" for goodness sake. A mention of "forbidden website" is definitely risky. The mods don't really need any grounds to delete a thread, they can basically delete at whim.

"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. " --Sueleen Gay

#22

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Posted: 9/1/06 at 12:49am

Lol, you know I really was just kidding around, but I'm glad I wasn't the only one who saw that and immediatly thought this thread would soon be deleted!

#23

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Posted: 9/1/06 at 1:00pm

OOOOOOOOOOOH!

NYB418 is promoting bootlegs. Big no-no.

#24

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Posted: 9/1/06 at 2:31pm

"RENT 10 show that it was filmed for archive/press purposes and wasn't going to be released."

Point of fact...that doesn't mean the library is the one that filmed it. I just want to make that clear. It can possibly be archived at the library, but that doesn't mean they were involved in its production. So the potential for its release isn't tied with the library's usual restrictions. I doubt it will ever be commercially released, but the library won't be the reason why.

#25

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Posted: 9/1/06 at 3:19pm

"They're re-releasing the CD with a DVD with interviews. And other artists who have been in the show that they have recorded singing some of the popular songs from the show."

What? When is this going to happen?

"Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, take the moment & making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity."
-Gilda Radner

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