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Tracie Thoms to close Rent Broadway

It has yet to be formally announced, but Tracie Thoms will be closing out Rent on Broadway as Joanne Jefferson. She will take over the role on July 26th.
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That-is-AWESOME! She was one of the two great things about the film (along with Rosario Dawson).
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
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I don't know if I believe this. I thought it was announced when Merel Dandrige sp? joined the cast that she was going to be the final Joanne. And she herself had said in one of her myspace blogs that she was going to close Rent and then move on as Lady of The Lake in Spamalot.
"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll
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Don't believe it. That's cool. But expect to feel like a retard when she announces it soon. :)

Her music page has already announced it. She herself is not allowed to say anything to the public until it is officially announced.

Updated On: 7/19/08 at 12:55 AM

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I wish she wasn't trapped in that stupid "Cold Case"...
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
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Good for her, though I think she is a bit too talented to be in the show at this point. I thought she was one of the very few redeeming qualities of the RENT film, and she has been top notch in just about every show/film I've seen her in.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
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i wonder how long she'll be in, I'm getting flashbacks to Donny Osmond playing the final performance of Beauty and the Beast as Gaston
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
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Good for her! I remember hearing her talk about how she always wanted to be in the show, so this is great.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
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love her!!! If anyone hasn't seen the movie "Death Proof" yet, SEE IT, it's worth it just for the final 30 minutes with her!
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Well the only reason I was going to go down to see it again was for Merle and Eden's "Take Me or Leave Me." So now I don't feel as bad missing it. Don't get me wrong, it would be exciting for Tracie to join, but I was more excited for Merle!
::bust a move::
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Thanks BroadwaynSeventh2 for being a dick. I NEVER believe anything about casting I hear on a message board without some sort of link. I always wait for an article form a reliable source such as Broadwayworld, Playbill etc etc. Now that I saw the link I do believe it. But, I don't feel like a retard and it was immature of you to call me that and act that way.

Now that I have seen the link I wonder how long it will be until the producers ask her to take it down and wait for something offical until she can re post it back on her blog.
"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll
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I'm with Winston. While I would really enjoy it if this were true, I'm of the "no link, no fact" camp. There are too many rumors floating around here to take anything at face value.
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You're welcome, winston89. I am just making up for what you are lacking. :)

And you're right, I had no link. I can see why you didn't believe me, but I was told from Tracie herself. And she has posted a blog about it now, therefor it is true.

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