Rent Has Officially Closed — Page 5

It's fascinating for me to actually fathom that RENT has closed. As I reflect back on it, I have come to realize that for me it has perfectly represented a time period (the 90s) in a way that I have not seen paralleled. Like all things that are quality, it has/and will stand the test of time. Just as the classic sitcom "Roseanne: perfectly embodied the 80s for the middleclass, RENT has done the same for artists during the 90s. Similarily "Roseanne" ended her 9 year run with these famous words from a Walt Whitman poem, and I feel it is only appropriate to revisit them again tonite. "Into that good night I go..."

R.I.P. RENT (The heart may freeze, or it may burn, there is no future, there is past, i live this moment as my last...)

wow.

get over yourselves!

you're going to burn 3 actors, at the stake, because they had other engagements???

please.

That homeless guy outside the Nederlander is so interesting. I myself will miss this show. Where will all the Rentheads go?

I'd say the original closing of A Chorus Line in 1990 had much similar hype.. but those were the days before the internet. There is video of some of it somewhere. Over 6000 performances will do that for ya :)

But much like a lot of other shows that ran for a long time, it was time for it to close.

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Did 'Les Miserable' get this type of hype?

I would guess that Phantom will be insane too, whenever that eventually closes. However, I have not heard of that show having weird fans.

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marianne 2, when phantom closes it won't be a huge do deal because it doesn't have a fan base like rent, but wicked does That closing will be worse then rent

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for the first 7 years, people were seeing it because it was really good, then people were like, Cats Has Been On Broadway for a long time so we will see his other show, then it was Hey this show has been on broadway for ever so we'll see it

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No, you're seeing correctly. Wilson did have a skirt on. I'm calling it a kilt to preserve any last shred of masculinity... He did have a woman hanging off of him when he walked past everyone with his bodyguard...

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none of us went to the final performance could it was totally sold out

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It is funny; I have seen the show so many times, and I was fine with the show closing, but while I am reading, I am actually sad that it closed. Thank you Rent!