Stage-version of Rent gonna be on screens

September 24-28, 2008, the Broadway show "Rent" will be shown in movie theatres as part of a new Sony venture called "The Hot Ticket." The website doesn't say if it's gonna happen in Orlando. If not, maybe it'll happen somewhere close. Either way, it's a creative idea (filming a Broadway show and showing it in a movie theatre). From the Playbill.com website:
"The Aug. 20 performance of the landmark, Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent, which is currently playing its final weeks of a 12-year-run at the Nederlander Theatre, will be filmed.

A Columbia Pictures spokesperson confirmed to Playbill.com that nine cameras will capture the 8 PM performance of the Tony Award-winning Jonathan Larson musical. Those same cameras will also record the show's final performance on Sept. 7.

A composite of the best performances from those two evenings — including what will likely be emotional moments from the final Broadway show — will subsequently be broadcast in movie theatres nationwide. Audiences around the country will have the chance to view the Broadway production of Rent Sept. 24 and 25 (evening screenings) and Sept. 27 and 28 (afternoon screenings)."
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Also, a new tour of Rent, starring original cast members Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, will kick off in January 2009