Jesse L. Martin News

A few days before the 10th anniversary of Rent, a benefit concert of the landmark Jonathan Larson musical will be held on April 24th at 6:45 PM at the Nederlander Theatre

The original Broadway cast of Rent will reunite for the show's 10th anniversary benefit

The Acting Company will present both Dumas' The Three Musketeers and Shakespeare's Macbeth in New York this May

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the hit Broadway musical Rent, fans will have an opportunity to experience the cultural and theatrical hit with the help of the hottest technology around.

Featuring Steve Buscemi, Edie Falco, Annabella Sciorra, Jesse L. Martin and more, First Readings: A Benefit For Studio Dante will take place on Monday, March 20 at the Dahesh Museum of Art

Patrick Cassidy received top honors winning the Best Actor in a Touring Production for his title role performance in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph) in the annual Golden Icon Awards announced Friday by Travolta Family Entertainment.

The film version of Rent, directed by Chris Columbus and starring most of the original Broadway cast, has leaped ahead of the DVD pack to become the week's top-seller

Tom Hewitt has joined the cast of the upcoming benefit reading of When Ladies Meet, which will be performed on February 27th

On February 27th, Tony Award-winners Victoria Clark and Boyd Gaines will star in a benefit reading of Rachel Crothers' When Ladies Meet

Jesse L. Martin has been cast as tragic soul singer Marvin Gaye in an upcoming biopic called Sexual Healing

The Rent film has dropped out of the weekend box office charts, but The Producers, in limited release, did fairly well

Will Chase will join the cast of Rent, playing Roger from December 26th through January 29th

The Rent film has dropped to sixth place in its second weekend

AOL has put up a Sessions feature offering an in-depth look at a recording session for the Rent film.

The Chris Columbus-directed big budget film of the late Jonathan Larson's Broadway musical 'Rent' was the fifth highest-grossing film of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Reuters reports that the film version of Rent opened at number 5, estimated to earn $10.7 million for the weekend, and $18.1 million since the film opened on Wednesday.

Angela Lansbury, Victor Garber, Harriet Harris, Frances Conroy and Lisa Banes will headline This is on Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker, a benefit for The Acting Company held in LA on December 5th

A special sneak-peek screening of the film version of Rent followed by a Q&A session with cast members Jesse L. Martin, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Tracie Thoms was held at Symphony Space on Tuesday, November 22, 2005.

Cast members from the film version of RENT performed 'Seasons of Love,' one of the show's most well-known tunes prior to a screening of the film at the Apollo Theatre on Tuesday November 22nd. The film is being released nationwide on November 23rd.

Paul Scott Goodman's Bright Lights, Big City will play the Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia from June 14th through July 2nd, 2006