By Andrew Gans
21 Nov 2005
The cast of the eagerly awaited film of "Rent" — including Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Tracie Thoms — will perform Jonathan Larson's "Seasons of Love" prior to the film's Nov. 22 screening at Harlem's Apollo Theatre.
The "Rent" film, directed by Chris Columbus and due for a Nov. 23 national release, boasts many of the stars of the original Broadway production. Those reprising their roles for the film, which features a screenplay by director Columbus and Stephen Chbosky, include Anthony Rapp (as Mark Cohen), Taye Diggs (as Benjamin "Benny" Coffin III), Wilson Jermaine Heredia (as Angel Schunard), Jesse L. Martin (as Thomas B. "Thom" Collins), Idina Menzel (as Maureen Johnson) and Adam Pascal (as Roger Davis). Newcomers include Rosario Dawson as Mimi with Tracie Thoms as Joanne Jefferson. The roles of Mimi and Joanne were created on Broadway by, respectively, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Fredi Walker.
Rent updates Puccini's La Boheme to the East Village at the end of the millennium, with artists and lovers struggling to connect in a world that is chaotic, shallow and tinged with disease. The late Jonathan Larson wrote Rent's book, music and lyrics. The 1996 Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning musical continues at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City.
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| The cast performs "Seasons of Love" in the film "Rent".
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| photo by © 2005 Revolution Studios Distribution Company, LLC. |
