Rent Film Actors Perform on The Today Show, Aug. 4
By: BWW News Desk Aug. 01, 2005
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On August 4th, the same day that they appear at Bryant Park, cast members from the film version of Rent will perform on "The Today Show" at 7 AM EST on WNBC-TV (in the metropolitan area; check local listings for other areas).The Rent actors will perform as part of the "Toyota Summer Concert Series" on "The Today Show;" the next day, country star Faith Hill will sing. After the TV appearance, they will promenade over to Bryant Park (at 42nd Street and 6th Avenue) to perform "Seasons of Love" as part of the free Broadway For Life lunchtime series; Idina Menzel and Tracie Thoms will also perform "Take Me or Leave Me." The Bryant Park concert will be held at 12:30 PM.The Rent film, which is directed by Chris Columbus (who adapted Jonathan Larson's book with Stephen Chbosky), will be released by Columbia Pictures/Revolution Studios on November 11th. The original cast--Menzel,
Taye Diggs, Wilson
Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Adam Pascal and
Anthony Rapp--is intact but for Daphne Rubin-Vega and Fredi Walker;
their respective roles of Mimi and Joanne will be played by Rosario
Dawson and Thoms.
With its groundbreaking rock score by Larson and a story that captured the current of its generation, Rent is
set in late-90's New York (updated in the film) 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 Prize 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 3,850 performances and is the 8th longest-running musical in Broadway history.
To learn more about the Rent film, visit Rent">www.sonypictures.com/Rent.
To learn more about the Rent film, visit Rent">www.sonypictures.com/Rent.
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