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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. RENT is based on Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical, one of the longest running shows on Broadway. The raw and riveting musical stars Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Tracie Thoms and is directed by Chris Columbus.
Original Release
11/23/2005
US Release
11/23/2005
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Anthony Rapp | Mark Cohen |
Adam Pascal | Roger Davis |
Rosario Dawson | Mimi Marquez |
Jesse L. Martin | Tom Collins |
Wilson Jermaine Heredia | Angel Dumott Schunard |
Idina Menzel | Maureen Johnson |
Tracie Thoms | Joanne Jefferson |
Taye Diggs | Benjamin Coffin III |
Julia Roth | Rent Tenant |
Porscha Radcliffe | Rent Tenant |
Directors
Writers
Jonathan Larson, Stephen Chbosky
Cast
Name | Character |
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Anthony Rapp | Mark Cohen |
Adam Pascal | Roger Davis |
Rosario Dawson | Mimi Marquez |
Jesse L. Martin | Tom Collins |
Wilson Jermaine Heredia | Angel Dumott Schunard |
Idina Menzel | Maureen Johnson |
Tracie Thoms | Joanne Jefferson |
Taye Diggs | Benjamin Coffin III |
Julia Roth | Rent Tenant |
Porscha Radcliffe | Rent Tenant |
Stephen Payne | Homeless Squeegee Man |
Darryl Chan | Thug |
Ken Clark | Thug |
R.C. Ormond | Thug |
David Fine | Homeless Man on Range Rover |
Mackenzie Firgens | April |
Eleanor Columbus | April's Friend |
Matthew McCollum | Guy at Bar |
Jason Foster | The Man |
Brendan Columbus | Punk in Park |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Allan S. Gordon | Executive Producer |
Kevin McCollum | Executive Producer |
Lata Ryan | Executive Producer |
Jeffrey Seller | Executive Producer |
Tom Sherak | Executive Producer |
Chris Columbus | Producer |
Michael Barnathan | Producer |
Robert De Niro | Producer |
Paula DuPré Pesmen | Producer |
Geoffrey Hansen | Producer |
Mark Radcliffe | Producer |
Jane Rosenthal | Producer |