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Posted: 3/28/05 at 11:05pm

A friend who doesn't live close by said they he got a book from MTI and in it it said that the rights for RENT would be available at the end of this year.Does anyone know if this is true?

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Posted: 3/28/05 at 11:13pm

with the movie coming out at the end of the year? Highly doubtful....

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Posted: 3/28/05 at 11:23pm

I can confirm this is true.

I know of a university who is doing the first regional production for their next season.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:46am

Well, a quick look at the MTI website doesn't show that they even license the show, let alone have them available.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:48am

The rights are available, I'm pretty sure. And since the screenplay will be different from the libretto, I'm not sure the film will have any bearing on the musical rights, unless they can be withdrawn from public availability when the movie is released.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 9:26am

I am unsure if RENT is MTI or not. I will find out.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 9:37am

CapnHook, how is that possible? I don't think the rights will be out until after the show closes. This is very perplexing...

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 9:53am

Rights can sometimes be released before a show closes. For example, the rights to the Disney shows are out. They may just be more expensive to get or something, but they are available.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:06pm

I doubt very much that any university will be doing Rent anytime in the near future. The rights are being held until after the movie is released, and even then, apparently they won't be released for amateur productions for some time.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:09pm

For another example of rights that were released while a show was still running is Les Miz, they put out a High School production that started to be performed while Les Miz was still running on Broadway.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:10pm

I have a hard time believing this is true, but I've been wrong before so...

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:11pm

Just because some school wants to do it next season doesn't mean it's going to happn CapnHook, chances are the musical director there heard this rumor and promised something he won't be able to follow through on.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:59pm

well it really depends on the reputation of the college...If they have ties with rent people then they may be able to.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 1:06pm

they could have them avaliable although restricted at the end of the year...it depends....if that makes any sense

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 2:31pm

Our school put on Les Miserables (high school edition) two years ago while it was still on Broadway. This year, we're the first high school in Florida to put on Disney's BaTB and that's still on.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 2:43pm

The rights for Beauty and the Beast have been available for about a year or so now. . . and amature productions are being done. It wouldn't suprise me if, in anticipation of the movie, they released the rights in order to boost the show's popularity nation-wide. After the movie people across the country would then not have to go to NYC to see a production of the show.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 2:44pm

Yeah, a group near me has been claiming they've gotten the rights for years...and the Les Mis school edition was made purely so other groups could do it, so it really doesn't count.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 2:50pm

Rent is now available outside the US through Hal Leonard -- despite rumors to the contrary, American amateur rights have not yet been released.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 2:55pm

The University of North Carolina - Greensboro (UNCG) is doing it. I have a friend who goes to the school. Her theatre professor said it'll be their musical. This was two weeks ago.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 3:07pm

As far as I know, Hal Leonard doesn't license shows. They have sheet music to shows, but not performance rights. While I wouldn't be surprised if the rights were released prior to its closing on Broadway, I don't think they are at this time. None of the licensing houses referred to in this thread have RENT listed as being available or restricted.

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 3:11pm

It's very easy to do a search.
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Posted: 3/29/05 at 3:15pm

God, I love people who are able to back up what they say. It's such a rare thing these days...

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 3:32pm

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 3:33pm

RENT on Broadway is doing slim business, I doubt they want to compete with amatuer productions. I also believe that the producers agreed to do the movie (in my opinion) to try to boost the show's sales.. cause there are always those people that go see a musical movie- love it- and then go to see where it originated...

That being said. Maybe this University is doing this show ILEGALLY. I don't know how reputable this University is- and we all know that the COMPLETE SCORE to this show has been making its rounds...so It wouldn't be very hard for someone to put up the whole show....

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Posted: 3/29/05 at 3:35pm

pab rocks.

And I somehow can't imagine that an illegal production of Rent, done at a college level, wouldn't come to the attention of the licensing houses...

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

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