RENT PETITION — Page 3

I signed it... don't think it'll happen, but hey a girl can dream.

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When people wanted shows back on the air, they took out ads in the paper, they sent things that related to the show, like bottles of tobasco sauce with the show Roswell, they got people to buy the merchandise. You have to get their attention somehow, and an online petition never will.

But again, I don't think anything is going to work.

Updated On: 4/28/06 at 12:29 PM

"Whats there address so you can mail them stuff?"

You can reach them at :
The Producing Office
145 West 45th Street 7th Floor
New York, NY 10036


I fully intend on sending a letter once I'm done with these APs; I really wish other people would even if it seems like a hopeless cause at this point. You figure if people are willing to spend $1,000 just go to to this thing once, or people are willing to spend hours waiting for the lotto to be called, they'd be willing to spend--what--an hour on writing a solid, professional letter just letting them know there's interest.

Updated On: 4/28/06 at 01:12 PM

That's the producing office for the SHOW, not Sony. I figured it'd be better to contact them there, as we really don't know whether or not Sony has rights to this sort of thing anyway.

Also, if you're going to write a letter, make sure it's very professional in appearance, organization, content, etc. That's the only way something like this would even be looked at, I think.

What do you mean?

I think the point was made earlier, that we don't know the details of any contracts between Sony and the producers, nor do we know exactly who it was taping this. In other words: We don't really KNOW if it's a legal issue.

No, Renthead, it's just as I posted before. That's how you would address it. This is not the Sony offices, but the offices of the RENT producers (meaning the show). I believe it's Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum (though, I'm not sure, so I don't think it'd be appropriate to address them that way).

I apologize, the zipcode is 10036. That was a typo before.

Updated On: 4/28/06 at 01:40 PM

The 10th Anniversary of RENT was not a regular performance, so I'm not quite sure Equity's regular rules regarding filmed performances would apply. Sony only owns the film distribution rights for RENT. Any subsequent filming of the stage production (no matter in what context) is not applicable to Sony. Sony is irrelevant, unless the contract granting the film rights specifically precludes any and all forms of RENT being filmed (which I highly doubt).