Tim Weil Videos

Rachel Zegler, Neil Patrick Harris, Norbert Leo Butz and Taye Diggs will perform in the RENT 30th Anniversary Concert, with a live stream available for audiences to watch.

Twenty-four in-person tickets to the sold-out Rent, the 30th Anniversary Concert will be available through a digital ticket lottery, giving fans a final chance to experience the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical live in concert.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS revealed that the Gates Foundation will match donations received from every livestream ticket purchase for Rent, the 30th Anniversary Concert, up to $525,600.

Twelve original cast members and three decades of alumni will light up Broadway at Rent, the 30th Anniversary Concert, a benefit performance in celebration of the landmark Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical.

Tickets for Rent, the 30th Anniversary Concert sold out in minutes and a livestream option will now be available for fans around the world to tune in to the gala celebration.

Original cast members and special guests will revive the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent in a gala concert celebration for the show’s 30th anniversary.

Original RENT music director Tim Weil will take audiences behind the scenes of the landmark musical at a one-night event at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, featuring cast alumni, live performances, and a book signing.

It’s been 30 years since Jonathan Larson’s rock opera Rent opened at the Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996, and arguably changed the theatrical landscape of Broadway.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 16, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

BroadwayWorld has learned that a live concert performance of Rent will be taking place this year! The concert will feature RENT’s original musical director, Tim Weil, on the keys, with the original Rent band.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 27, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Need a great book to spring into the new season? This spring, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 16 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Spring 2026 reading list.

In his new book Making RENT, Tim Weil takes readers behind the scenes of one of the most groundbreaking musicals of the 20th century. In a recent interview with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge, Weil opened up about his first impressions of Jonathan Larson, the emotional weight of the show’s earliest days, and the creative process that shaped its now-iconic score.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is February 20, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Museum of Broadway recently hosted a 30th anniversary panel of RENT alums and a special reading of Making RENT: The Story Behind the Music that Changed Broadway. Check out photos here!

In this BroadwayWorld Exclusive chat, we sit down with Tim Weil, the original music director of Rent, to talk about his powerful new book, Making Rent: The Story Behind the Music That Changed Broadway. Watch in this video.

Current star of Masquerade Telly Leung discusses with Jennifer Ashley Tepper playing the Phantom in the immersive production, the full circle from Rent fan to Rent actor, Gavin Creel’s leadership during a production that never was, and much more. 

The Museum of Broadway will host a 30th anniversary panel of RENT alums and a special reading of Making RENT: The Story Behind the Music that Changed Broadway.

First, we dive into all the latest bway news in the BroadwayWorld Recap, brought to you by BroadwayWorld.com! Then, Tim Weil, a renowned composer and music director, discusses his journey in the world of Broadway, particularly focusing on his upcoming book 'Making Rent'.

In celebration of its release, Apollo Publishers will host a launch event for Making Rent: The Story Behind the Music that Changed Broadway, written by Rent’s original musical director, Tim Weil.