Photo Coverage: Rent Film Stars Perform at Apollo Theatre

RENT is a Columbia Pictures/Revolution Studios production; it will be released by Sony Pictures nationwide on November 23rd. With its groundbreaking rock score by Jonathan Larson and a story that captured the current of its generation, Rent is set in the East Village, where a group of artists love and live La Vie Boheme even under the shadow of poverty, failure, illness and death. The La Boheme-based show, which has been running at the Nederlander Theatre since its opening in 1996, won the Pultizer and the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical, as well as 3 others. Tragically, Larson died a few months before the show opened. It has since run over 3,900 performances.

The film's iconic poster Outside The Apollo... ...and inside The Apollo! Billy Mitchell of the Apollo Theater Jesse L. Martin Wilson Jermaine Heredia Adam Pascal Tracie Thoms Idina Menzel Taye Diggs Anthony Rapp Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Adam Pascal, Jesse L. Martin, Tracie Thoms, Anthony Rapp, Idina Menzel, and Taye Diggs Billy Mitchell introduces the cast Taye Diggs is the first one out to greet the audience -- who went wild! The cast comes out on stage to an Apollo welcome. Tickets were placed under five seats in the audience. Five lucky high school students won the Soundtrack on CD, and got to come up on stage and meet the cast. Seasons of Love!