"Rent" Opening on Broadway (Part 1 of 3)
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2014
- Erin Moriarity tells the story of Jonathan Larson and "Rent," covering the development and opening night of the show for "48 Hours." This features snippets of the original cast performing.
"But he worked so hard for it. You don't know how hard he worked." Even knowing what happened to him, this part was a gut punch I didn't expect.
I think I saw this back when it aired, I was 14 then. I remember that part 😞
This 😢
The set design on tick tick boom was brilliant. They got everything right about his apartment.
Yeah apparently he recorded his whole apartment for insurance purposes.
@@meatwadsprlte Yes and his sister gave LMM the video which they used for the apartment design😬
The saddest part isn’t even that Jonathan died. It’s that he worked so hard for so long and he never got to reap the fruits of his labor.
Thank u Johnathan for this beautiful play. U will never be forgotten. The part with his coat made me tear up
Attention all Rentheads: Fox has chosen the show to be one of it's next live TV productions
Brian Weber Yes I thank him for this
Manuel Orozco Shame they really ruined it...
You can tell at 0:32 that he was really happy that his show would go onto off broadway and that he finally made it. So sad he never got to see it RIP.
Seeing Jonathan on his last day at work crushed my heart a little bit
How his friends talk about him remind me of my big brother. Died suddenly at 40 6 years ago. Best man I knew. Made everyone feels so loved and important. My heart still aches with grief for him 😭😭😭😭
Hi, my big brother died at 33.. also sudden, it was nine years ago now and I still cry like at least once a week, he was my best friend. Idk but this comment really got to me, it's hard for people to understand me when I talk about my brother.
Netflix’s Tick tick Boom brought me here and made me navigate more about Sir Larsons‘ life.
Same here. I only saw the movie Rent and really liked it, but coming here to learn more about Larson is pretty enlightening.
Thank you tick tick boom for bringing me back to Rent, thank you Jonathan for leaving something so beautiful. Hey, what a way to spend the day
"How do you measure a year in the life? How about love?"
Fuck, I can't stop sobbing over this. Jon really lived by these words. Happy valentine's day folks!! :)❤❤❤
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this is amazing. rent is infinity.
He really was just….. unreal. We owe a lot to Mr. Larson.
Johnathon didn't just wrote about a great song to leave behind, he wrote a great musical that will never grow old
It's a damn shame he didn't get to see the impact he made on theater. Rent changed the game forever.
He could have never made it.But he did. He finished Rent. Thank you God! You gave him that opportunity, so we could treasure every minute of our life and show our talents to the world ❤️
Rent was the first of 3 musicals that touched my heart. The others were Hairspray and Hamilton. When I first saw it in 1996 (OBC), I knew nothing about the show going in. It blew me away in ways I couldn’t understand at the time. Almost 25 years later (and many visits to live performances) it’s still a seminal point in the history of American musical theater. I’m sad Mr. Larson didn’t live to see the fruits of his work.
I thank Jonathan for RENT such a beautiful Musical makes me tear up
This musical movie will always be in my heart
Soushi Miketsukami Same mine too
same 🥺
It makes me happy seeing all these people appreciating rent now.
I just saw the new 20th anniversary tour yesterday. Rent is a touching and emotionally thrilling piece of musical theatre with themes that continue to resonant with us audiences around the world. RIP Jonathan Larson
I got to see the 25th tour and even meet Adam Pascal when he was in Pretty woman. He said that the OBC of rent still have a group chat
@@jamesnelson6656 That’s cool. Even Idina?
@@manuelorozco7760I saw the touring cast for the show, but Adam Pascal when he was in Pretty woman. Different show
@@jamesnelson6656 I was asking about the group chat
As it says in big letters on the back of the stage right piece of the Rent set, Thank You, Johnathan Larson.
This play was amazing.
Caitlin Cushing IS* amazing!!
I missed this musical so much! I haven't listened to it for a bit long time but now....it's like I descover it again! It will always be the BEST MUSICAL!
It's still astounding to me that Larson died the *day* it was set to premiere. I'll never be able to square that.
Day of the first preview showing, not premiere. Still weird.
Damn that looked like a funky time in New York
Jonathan Larsons story is easily one of the worst stories I’ve ever heard. I only found out today and my blood is boiling. As an artist I would rather die a century before my work is valued, than to die only a few hours before the peak of my career. He worked sooo hard for so long then won every single award he could’ve dreamed of but post-humously. What kind of sick destiny is that? 😓
See it this way. Johnathan worked for his dreams to have a musical produced, and it happened. His dreams came true, probably never would have expected all the attention tho. Also, he apparently was self aware about his mortality, it is why he worked hard. A lot of successful people get careers handed to them so it makes sense that someone who didn't have things get handed to them takes way longer.
What kind of stupidly sick mindset thinks the life he led was a "sick destiny"?? While Larson's life ending the way it did was certainly tragic and heartbreaking - I'm not sure throwing words like "blood boiling" and "sick destiny" are fitting for his life.
It's not like he knew it happened. He basically passed out, so he wasn't aware of what happened. It's only his friends and the world who knew the tragic coincidence of what actually occurred. He didn't know that he died. His life ended in JOY, because he knew it was going to premiere that night. That's all he knew.
i totally agree that it is so sad and i wish more than anything he could know how much his work has been appreciated but think about it this way, rent was opening off broadway, that’s a pretty big milestone! he had to know that it got pretty far and people were already liking it enough for that to happen i’d assume
His dream was not only to make art but to change musical theatre and he definitely did that. Without Jonathon Larson we would not have Hamilton.
NO ONE deserves to die so young.. (well yes, there are some monsters out there) but with some people i can't help but thing, out of all the people in the world, why HIM? why THEN? it angers and saddens me so much that he couldn't see his dream acomplished and couldn't enjoy all the outcome of his hardwork
Your play moves me my body from the top of my head down to my toes . It reaches my soul. I wish you were here . Thank you so much for your Beautiful art that you shared with us .
RIP and Thank You Jonathan Larson for a wonderful legacy
My heart is melting watching this.
By the wayWtf? Seriously. One song glory in the background while larson's roommate talks about when he found him dead?Are you trying to kill me, people?!
LOVE!!!
i would kill to see rent with the og cast
There is actually a recording of 1996 opening night at the New York public library. They also have the 10th anniversary copy.
Apparently you have to say you want to view it for research purposes or something and they will let you watch it supervised
Geez this lady is cruel. She is just wanting to make them cry.
Am I the only one that thinks of JL during Will I? The show even has a video of him during Mark's big moment with all the footage
thank you jonathan:,)
This is kind of creepy and morbid. How often do news crews show people cleaning out their dead friend’s apartment like that?
And getting him to point to where he saw the body of his dead friend 😐
Jesse L. Martin looks so young.
I hope the FOX TV special could honor the legacy of RENT
They didn’t
heartbreaking
Does anybody know who sings Will I lose my dignity at 4:47?
where can i find rent off broadway full?
Is Carl Hyland in this? x
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