Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008)

7.9/10 165 min Drama Romance TV Movie

Overview

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

Will Chase

Roger Davis

Adam Kantor

Mark Cohen

Michael McElroy

Tom Collins

Rodney Hicks

Benjamin Coffin III

Tracie Thoms

Joanne Jefferson

Justin Johnston

Angel Schunard

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Mimi Marquez

Eden Espinosa

Maureen Johnson

Marcus Paul James

Christmas Caroler / Mr. Jefferson / Pastor / Ensemble

Jay Wilkison

Gordon / The Man / Mr. Grey / Ensemble

Telly Leung

Steve / Man with Squeegee / Waiter / Ensemble

Jesse L. Martin

Himself (uncredited)

Wilson Jermaine Heredia

Himself (uncredited)

Anthony Rapp

Himself (uncredited)

Daphne Rubin-Vega

Herself (uncredited)

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