Some people believe that one of the biggest hoaxes to ever be perpetrated on the theater-going public, is the suggestion that they actually changed cast members over the years.
Guys like these wits at Musicals 101 aren't buying it.
http://www.musicals101.com/1990bway2.htm "As with corporate musicals, the independently produced Rent was reproduced world wide with the precision of a photocopy. Its simple set, bargain-basement costuming and rudimentary staging could be re-created or packaged for travel. From New York to Tokyo, blonde-dyed male leads wrapped their bare biceps around curly-haired Mimis as their head mikes met in an identical kiss. Staged at one-fourth the cost of The Lion King but charging the same ticket price, hefty profit was assured. Critic Ron Lasko commented –
'I have nightmares every time I see the new ad campaign for Rent that features an entirely new cast of actors that look and act exactly like the original cast; its like some B-Horror movie version of itself, "Invasion of the Rent People.'"
- Next magazine 10/29/99
Updated On: 6/29/05 at 06:08 PM
