The 10 finalists have been named in Broadway.com's Ultimate Rent Fan contest. One of the following lucky people will be winning a trip for two to NYC, with airfare provided by JetBlue and accommodations at the Hilton NY. Of course, the main event of the trip will be seats to the final performance of Rent at the Nederlander ... Read More...

Tracie Thoms, who stars in the CBS-TV series Cold Case and played Joanne Jefferson in the 2005 feature film version of Rent, will join the Broadway cast of the long-running musical in the same role on July 26, replacing Merle Dandridge. Thoms will remain with Rent until the production closes on September 7 at the Nederlander Theatre.

Thoms made her ...

Sony Pictures has announced that it will film the much anticipated final performance of Broadway's long-running musical hit Rent on September 7 as part of its new series, The Hot Ticket. The series, which caters to music, theater and sports fans, aims to bring major performance events to the big screen by documenting live and sold-out concerts, theatrical productions ... Read More...

Renée Elise Goldsberry, two-time Emmy and NAACP Image Award nominee for playing lawyer Evangeline Williamson on the ABC soap opera One Life To Live, will join the Broadway company of Rent on June 16 as Mimi Marquez. Tamyra Gray will appear as Mimi through June 15 at the Nederlander Theatre.

Goldsberry created the role of Nettie in the Broadway production ...

Will Chase and Eden Espinosa are headed into the Broadway company of Rent, which ends its run at the Nederlander Theatre on September 7. Chase will return to the role of Roger on May 5. Espinosa will play Maureen beginning on May 30.

The cast of Rent confirmed to run at least through June 15 also includes Adam Kantor as ...

The producers of Rent have announced that due to ticket demand, the landmark Broadway musical will extend its run at the Nederlander Theatre through Sunday, September 7, and will close following that evening's 6:30pm performance. The musical had previously been scheduled to close on Sunday, June 1.

Since the January announcement of the closing, box office sales have ...

Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, who originated the roles of Roger Davis and Mark Cohen in Rent, have signed on to headline a national tour of the musical beginning in January 2009. The current Rent tour is playing through June 2008.

Pascal and Rapp, who opened the show in 1996 and starred in the 2005 movie version, returned to Rent ...

After a Broadway run of more than 12 years, Rent has set a June 1 closing date. The landmark musical will have played 5,012 performances and 16 previews at the Nederlander Theatre upon closing, making it the seventh longest running show in Broadway history with a gross of more than $280 million, according to producers Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum ... Read More...