---
title: 'Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael John Warren'
released: '2008-09-24'
runtime_minutes: 150
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rent-filmed-live-on-broadway-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273675/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008)

2008 · 150 min · Music · United States


## Synopsis

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway is a 2008 film of the final performance of the original Broadway production of the musical Rent on September 7, 2008, it was filmed live at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City, with some footage of the closing night celebration. The original Broadway production was recorded during its final performances between August 20 and September 7, 2008, capturing the closing weeks of the 12-year Broadway run. The film had a limited theatrical release between September 24 and 28, 2008, in more than 500 theaters with high definition digital projection systems in the US and Canada. According to Sony Pictures Releasing President Rory Bruer, it was the first live Broadway show to be available in major North American movie theaters. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 3, 2009.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael John Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-john-warren)
- **Screenplay:** [Jonathan Larson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-larson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jonathan Larson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-larson)
- **Producer:** [Justin Wilkes](https://cinepixo.com/people/justin-wilkes)

## Cast

- [Rodney Hicks](https://cinepixo.com/people/rodney-hicks)
- [Jay Wilkison](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-wilkison)
- [Gwen Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/gwen-stewart)
- [Renée Elise Goldsberry](https://cinepixo.com/people/renee-elise-goldsberry)
- [Will Chase](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-chase)
- [Adam Kantor](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-kantor)
- [Tracie Thoms](https://cinepixo.com/people/tracie-thoms)
- [Telly Leung](https://cinepixo.com/people/telly-leung)
- [Michael McElroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mcelroy)
- [Eden Espinosa](https://cinepixo.com/people/eden-espinosa)

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Official site: http://www.thehotticket.net/rent/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/rent-filmed-live-on-broadway-2008
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