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Despite the show's earnest intentions, Rent Live's clumsy production and pre-recorded broadcast render it an underwhelming "live" musical event.
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Audience Member
The only thing good about this was Jordan Fisher. Keala's note at the end kinda summed it up - supposed to be impactful, but just a little off
Rated 2/5 Stars •
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
01/12/23
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david u
Overlooking the dress rehearsal disaster and the problem broadcastin on Fox, the cast was exceptional and the performance enjoyable.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
03/30/23
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Audience Member
Having seen several differant versions this version did keep the original intent, musicality and theatrics. No it wasnt "live" and yes it was overly polished in some respects but you have to remember its audience... 8pm Sunday night. No f bombs allowed. If youre a purist... You may not like it... If your not stuck on "its not the original cast" its a wonderful version.
Cheers
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/14/23
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Kristen M
Unfortunately, I watched this the evening after I had seen "Hamilton." Ugh. Bad idea. Vanessa Hudgens was surprisingly good. Everybody else sucked. I love "Rent" and there is much in the way of truly good music in this show ... but my guess is these actors all had extremely good agents who sold their soul to get their clients these parts ... too many pretty faces and not near enough good voices.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
02/26/19
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alec b
Jordan Fischer stands out as a perfect selection for the role of Mark in Rent Live. Unfortunately, poor planning led to the downfall of this production. Lack of understudy selection required use of the pre-recorded dress rehearsal after Brennin Hunt's foot injury. The pre-recorded version had much of it's major hits drowned out by an overly loud audience and messy stage movements.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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Audience Member
Overlooking the pre-recorded dress rehearsal, RENT suffered from miscasting and weak song performances that failed to resonate with this viewer. While there were some gems (Keala & Valentina), it just wasn't enough to pay the rent. Final thought: it was too clean.
Rated 2/5 Stars •
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
01/13/23
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Caroline Framke
Variety
Outside the dress rehearsal disaster, one of the weirder side effects of "Rent" airing on Fox is that "Rent" could never be itself on Fox.
Jan 29, 2019
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Judy Berman
TIME Magazine
We'll never know whether a genuinely live version would have come closer to preserving the urgency of Larson's beloved musical, but it certainly would've had a better excuse for showing so many seams.
Jan 29, 2019
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Aja Romano
Vox
But to make all of this even weirder, there was a live performance of Rent happening onstage - and it was awesome!
Jan 29, 2019
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Melissa Camacho
Common Sense Media
Live performance of popular, mature musical hits sour note.
Rated: 2/5
Feb 6, 2019
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Kevin Fallon
The Daily Beast
This, it should not need to be said, made for a depressingly lame show...
Feb 1, 2019
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Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez
Tom & Lorenzo
The screwup on this one is about to become legendary and will probably have massive effects on any live musical theater performances on television going forward.
Jan 29, 2019
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