The live television adaptation of Rent has set a premiere date on Fox. The Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical from the late Jonathan Larson will air on January 27, 2019, at 7 PM (with a West Coast taped delay).
The live television adaptation of Rent has set a premiere date on Fox. The Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical from the late Jonathan Larson will air on January 27, 2019, at 7 PM (with a West Coast taped delay).
As previously reported, Marc Platt (Grease: Live, La La Land, Wicked) returns to the network to executive produce alongside Adam Siegel, Julie Larson (sister of the late composer), and her father Al, as well as Vince Totino, Scott Hemming, and Marla Levin of Revolution Studios.
Rent is the second live musical on tap for Fox; the network's live presentation of A Christmas Story, featuring a score by La La Land Oscar winners and Dear Evan Hansen Tony winner Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, will air December 17. The cast includes Maya Rudolph and Matthew Broderick.
The 1996 rock musical, loosely inspired by Puccini's La Bohème, launched the careers of several stage and screen favorites, including (the recently married) Idina Menzel, plus Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Taye Diggs, Jesse L. Martin, and Daphne Rubin-Vega. Additional information, including casting, will be revealed at a later date. Until then, see who readers had in mind to play Larson’s band of bohemians in the gallery below.Composer Ingrid Michaelson also chats with host Clarkson about the new Broadway musical.
The song will be heard in Peacock's upcoming event series The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
Created, written, and narrated by Tony winner Buckley, The Mayfly is a love letter to music and New York City.
Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Halle Bailey are also in the cast, with Pharrell Williams producing.
Lissette Feliciano is set to write and direct.
The mononymic star is currently promoting her newest film Challengers, where she stars opposite Tony nominee Mike Faist.
Other Broadway names appearing in the festival's works include Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Rosie O'Donnell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and more.
Tony nominee O'Hara is set to direct the feature film adaptation of his comedy, which played The Public Theatre in 2015.
The play is also eyeing a Broadway transfer next season.