Rent

Rent
National Tour
Buell Theater
Denver, CO 
June 9-16, 2009

My only experience with the musical Rent was seeing the movie when it came out. The chance to see original cast members Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp was too good to pass up.

Although Pascal and Rapp are a bit older than the characters they play, their performances were astounding. The cast around them were talented, but clearly they were in a class by themselves. Pascal's "On Song Glory" was worth the price of admission. And it doesn't get much better than their their Act Two duet "What You Own."

The characters are still endearing. The music is stunning in it's beauty. The story is often crude and risque, but it's all real. These people are flawed and we love them for it.

This tour was in honor of Rent's ten year anniversary. It's amazing to see that this musical is still cutting edge ten years after it was written. It's such a shame Jonathan Larson passed away so young. As a theater-goer I feel we lost the amazing shows he would still be writing.