Rent originally opened on Broadway in April 1996 and ran for over 5000 performances. The cast included Gilles Chiasson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rodney Hicks, Kristen Lee Kelly, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Aiko Nakasone, Timothy Britten Parker, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gwen Stewart, Byron Utley and Fredi Walker.
The musical garnered 10 Tony Award nominations, winning four. It also took home the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L. Martin
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Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega
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Rodney Hicks, Byron Utley, Kristen Lee Kelly, Gwen Stewart and Timothy Britten Parker
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Original Broadway Cast
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Fredi Walker, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel and Jesse L. Martin
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Idina Menzel and Fredi Walker
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Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp and Taye Diggs
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Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal
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Anthony Rapp
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Daphne Rubin-Vega
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Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L. Martin
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Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin and Anthony Rapp
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Marcy Harriell and Norbert Leo Butz
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Norbert Leo Butz and Jim Poulos
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Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega
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Frenchie Davis
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Drew Lachey
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Wilson Cruz and Michael McElroy
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Darius de Haas
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Norbert Leo Butz and Marcy Harriell in Rent
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Jose Llana
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Jim Poulos, Michael McElroy and Jose Llana
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Matt Caplan and Cary Shields
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The October 2005 Broadway Cast
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Ava Gaudet
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Sebastian Arcelus and Karmine Alers
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Joey Fatone
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Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice")
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Adam Kantor and Will Chase
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Tamyra Gray
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Will Chase, Michael McElroy, Eden Espinosa and Rodney Hicks
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Tracie Thoms and Eden Espinosa
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Reneé Elise Goldsberry and Will Chase
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