Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
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Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

Rent's final performance on Broadway.

7.9 / 10 2008 2h 45mNR English
DramaRomanceTV Movie

Storyline

Set in New York City's gritty East Village, the revolutionary rock opera RENT tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent. "Measuring their lives in love," these starving artists strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

Cast & Crew

Will Chase

Will Chase

Roger Davis

Lead
Adam Kantor

Adam Kantor

Mark Cohen

Michael McElroy

Michael McElroy

Tom Collins

Rodney Hicks

Rodney Hicks

Benjamin Coffin III

Tracie Thoms

Tracie Thoms

Joanne Jefferson

Justin Johnston

Justin Johnston

Angel Schunard

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Mimi Marquez

Eden Espinosa

Eden Espinosa

Maureen Johnson

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael John Warren's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker