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Photo Features No Day but Today: Look Back at the Original Broadway Cast of Rent The Jonathan Larson rock musical played its final performance on the Great White Way 10 years today on September 7, 2008.

By Hannah Vine

September 07, 2018

The original company of Rent

Rent opened on Broadway in April 1996 and ran for over 5,000 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.

Read: 27 Actors You Want to See in Rent Live

After 5,123 performances, the show took its final bow September 7, 2008.

Flip through photos of the original cast below:

Rent on Broadway

Anthony Rapp and the company — Rent on Broadway

Rent opened at The Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996.
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Anthony Rapp and the company — Anthony Rapp and the company

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp — Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Daphne Rubin-Vega — Daphne Rubin-Vega

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Idina Menzel — Idina Menzel

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega — Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

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A Scene from <i>Rent</i> — A Scene from Rent

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega — Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Fredi Walker, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, and Jesse L. Martin — Fredi Walker, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, and Jesse L. Martin

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Adam Pascal, Jesse L. Martin, and Idina Menzel — Adam Pascal, Jesse L. Martin, and Idina Menzel

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Daphne Rubin-Vega — Daphne Rubin-Vega

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

The company — Original Broadway company of Rent

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega — Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L. Martin — Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L. Martin

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Anthony Rapp — Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Anthony Rapp

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Adam Pascal — Adam Pascal

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Fredi Walker and Anthony Rapp — Fredi Walker and Anthony Rapp

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Idina Menzel and Fredi Walker — Idina Menzel and Fredi Walker

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, and Taye Diggs — Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, and Taye Diggs

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Anthony Rapp — Anthony Rapp

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Idina Menzel — Idina Menzel

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

A Scene from <i>Rent</i> — A Scene from Rent

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

The company — The company

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Wilson Jermaine Heredia — Wilson Jermaine Heredia

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

The company — The company

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

The company — The company

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Wilson Jermaine Heredia — Wilson Jermaine Heredia

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

The company — The company

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

A Scene from <i>Rent</i> — A Scene from Rent

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

A Scene from <i>Rent</i> — A Scene from Rent

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Fredi Walker, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel and Jesse L. Martin in <i>Rent</i> — Fredi Walker, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel and Jesse L. Martin in Rent

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L. Martin — Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L. Martin

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L. Martin — Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L. Martin

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin and Anthony Rapp — Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin and Anthony Rapp

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Idina Menzel and Fredi Walker in <i>Rent</i> — Idina Menzel and Fredi Walker in Rent

Joan Marcus

Rent_Adam Pascal_Daphne Rubin-Vega_HR — Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega in Rent

Photo by Joan Marcus

Daphne Rubin-Vega — Daphne Rubin-Vega

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega — Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal_HR — Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp and Taye Diggs — Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp and Taye Diggs

Joan Marcus/Carol Rosegg

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