Rent is turning 30 this year, and the original cast is going to celebrate the milestone with a one-night-only charity event produced by Broadway Cares.
“Jonathan [Larson] wrote Rent in honor of the people he knew who were living and struggling with HIV and in honor of the many friends and contemporaries he lost to AIDS,” Rent’s original director, five-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif, said. “I know he’d be proud and honored to join forces with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS to celebrate the 30th year anniversary of his milestone musical.”
The celebration is sold out, but that doesn’t mean you cannot watch it live. The League of Live Stream Theater is providing a livestream of the October 26th performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. You can get tickets here.
More special guest performers will be announced closer to the date. Who would you like to see join them to celebrate five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes?
I don’t know about you, but I was seeing double at the Wicked LA premiere yesterday. That is because Broadway’s OG Elphaba (Idina Menzel) and Glinda (Kristin Chenoweth) posed with the movie versions (Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande) of themselves.
The four of them are defying gravity! And I hope the movie which comes out on November 22nd does the same!
And now we know who will be taking it all off to raise awareness for prostate, testicular, and colorectal cancer testing and research.
Anthony Anderson is going to be dancing barefoot and bare everywhere else with Taye Diggs, Chris Jones, Tyler Posey, Bruno Tonioli, and James Van Der Beek.
“Don’t die of embarrassment. Get checked! That’s the message behind The Real Full Monty special,” said Anderson. “I am honored to lead the charge of rallying these fearless men to bare it all, in order to provoke, inspire and in this case, beg you to get screened for cancer. That’s our goal…so what are you waiting for!?”
During the two-hour special, Anderson will lead Diggs, Jones, Posey, Tonioli and Van Der Beek as they train and rehearse for the most revealing performance of their careers, culminating with a big strip-tease dance, choreographed by Emmy Award-winner Mandy Moore, where they will bare all in front of a live audience. Leading up to the final disrobing, the men will push their limits of comfortability, modesty and brotherhood with a series of rehearsals and experiences, both private and public, designed to build confidence and remove them far from their comfort zone and strengthen their bond as a group. Along the way, each of the celebrities will share their personal stories of how cancer has impacted their lives.
The Real Full Monty will air this Fall. I hope it is a huge sucess because I have two actor friends who want to do the show. And they would be perfect for the second season!
Taye Diggs Tru Earth laundry strips so much that he is willing to take it off for one of their commercials! And all I can say is I hope he has to do laundry more often.
