Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
aces25
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/13/04
#1Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/12/17 at 5:45pm
Has anyone seen a good production of RENT that has been really good but also different than the original production?
I find most productions I come across are carbon copies of the original.
#2Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/12/17 at 5:46pm
The legendary and iconic RENT: Remixed is widely considered to be the definitive production.
CollegeDreamer
Understudy Joined: 9/16/16
#3Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/12/17 at 5:49pm
I rather enjoyed this production. It was different than what I was used to with RENT. "Out tonight" was killer. They had MiMi shooting up during the song, the actress really brought on a addict/dying portrayal. Her vocals were insane, she started with falsetto during the beginning out tonight's, and during "Be my night owl, take my hand we're gonna howl" she just slides right up not using her falsetto. Ugh, it was just an amazing take on the song. Here's a link to some B-Roll montage;
https://youtu.be/LNQgfNOCuBQ
#4Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/12/17 at 6:05pm
Sadly there's very little video footage, but I thought David Cromer's Rent at American Theater Company was exceptional. It was incredibly intimate and rough around the edges... I was able to connect with the material in a way I hadn't ever before. There were some complaints that it wasn't the best sung Rent that had ever been staged... and that's probably true... but while losing a big it gained quite a bit too. 
Jesus saves. I spend.
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#5Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/12/17 at 7:23pm
I don't want to toot my own horn, but the amateur production I was in when I was 16 was said by some of our audience members to be the best production outside of the original cast.
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#6Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/12/17 at 7:59pm
I played Mark in a a production of Rent staged as a concert arena with the audience sitting on all sides and costumes were inspired by contemporary artists and actors.
Joanne = Adele, Maureen = Erykah Badu, Mark = Justin Thoreau, Roger = Adam Levine, Angel = Adam Lambert, Benny = John Legend, Mimi = Kesha
#8Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/12/17 at 11:23pm
A Rent remake Set in 1800's would be interesting ala Hamilton 
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#9Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/13/17 at 10:32am
TotallyEffed said: "The legendary and iconic RENT: Remixed is widely considered to be the definitive production."
Hahahaha
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#10Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/13/17 at 2:18pm
David Cromer's American Theatre Company's Chicago staging from a couple years ago was the best RENT I've ever seen or ever hope to see.
mpd4165
Leading Actor Joined: 8/6/09
#11Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/13/17 at 2:43pm
KJisgroovy said: "Sadly there's very little video footage, but I thought David Cromer's Rent at American Theater Company was exceptional. It was incredibly intimate and rough around the edges... I was able to connect with the material in a way I hadn't ever before. There were some complaints that it wasn't the best sung Rent that had ever been staged... and that's probably true... but while losing a big it gained quite a bit too."
Working on this production was one of the first shows I worked on in Chicago. I saw it so many times and felt grateful for it. I still have video of Seasons of Love and it's just beautifully haunting.
#12Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/13/17 at 4:08pm
Can you explain what's going on in the snapshot with the shopping cart then? I can't figure out what moment in the show that is to save my life.
Formerly gvendo2005
Broadway Legend
joined: 5/1/05
Blocked: After Eight, suestorm, david_fick, emlodik, lovebwy, Dave28282, joevitus, BorisTomashevsky
Broadway Legend
joined: 5/1/05
Blocked: After Eight, suestorm, david_fick, emlodik, lovebwy, Dave28282, joevitus, BorisTomashevsky
#13Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/13/17 at 4:12pm
g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "Can you explain what's going on in the snapshot with the shopping cart then? I can't figure out what moment in the show that is to save my life."
Yeah it looks like a scene out of Angels In America (Prophet arrives).
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
mpd4165
Leading Actor Joined: 8/6/09
#14Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/13/17 at 5:49pm
g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "Can you explain what's going on in the snapshot with the shopping cart then? I can't figure out what moment in the show that is to save my life."
This was Contact. Angel was much more a dancer than singer, so our Alexli Darling was pushed around on the cart by the bag lady as a Diva character singing the "Take Me" portion while Angel danced the ravages of their disease
#15Best staged production of RENT (outside the original)?
Posted: 9/13/17 at 7:18pm
Interesting.
Formerly gvendo2005
Broadway Legend
joined: 5/1/05
Blocked: After Eight, suestorm, david_fick, emlodik, lovebwy, Dave28282, joevitus, BorisTomashevsky
Broadway Legend
joined: 5/1/05
Blocked: After Eight, suestorm, david_fick, emlodik, lovebwy, Dave28282, joevitus, BorisTomashevsky
