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Release Date: 2008

Cast: Rodney Hicks, Eden Espinosa, Marcus Paul James, Andrea Goss, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Adam Kantor, Jay Wilkison, Tracy McDowell, Will Chase, Michael McElroy, Shaun Earl, Tracie Thoms ...MORE

Cast: Rodney Hicks, Eden Espinosa, Marcus Paul James, Andrea Goss, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Adam Kantor, Jay Wilkison, Tracy McDowell, Will Chase, Michael McElroy, Shaun Earl, Tracie Thoms, Gwen Stewart ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Filmed Play, Musical

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway is a 2008 film of the final performance of the original Broadway production of the musical Rent on September 7, 2008, with some footage of the closing night celebration. The film had a limited theatrical release between September 24 and 28, 2008, in more than 500 theaters with high definition digital projection systems in the US and Canada. According to Sony Pictures Releasing President Rory Bruer, it was the first live Broadway show to be available in major North American movie theaters. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 3, 2009. The film... MORE

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway is a 2008 film of the final performance of the original Broadway production of the musical Rent on September 7, 2008, with some footage of the closing night celebration. The film had a limited theatrical release between September 24 and 28, 2008, in more than 500 theaters with high definition digital projection systems in the US and Canada. According to Sony Pictures Releasing President Rory Bruer, it was the first live Broadway show to be available in major North American movie theaters. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 3, 2009. The film is assembled from footage shot at the September 7 performance as well as a day of shooting on August 20. It includes a reprise of "Seasons of Love" featuring both the final cast and cast members from past productions, including the original Broadway cast following the finale of the show proper. In comparing the film with the stageplay, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote, "Nothing can compare with seeing a show conceived for the stage in an actual performance. But the cinecast of Rent, staged directed by the original's Michael Grief and for the camera by Michael Warren, comes close. It's LESS