Editing Rent (musical) (section)

===Popular culture references===
The film ''[[Team America: World Police]]'' includes a character who plays a lead role in ''Lease'', a Broadway musical parody of ''Rent''.<ref>[http://movies.about.com/od/teamamerica/a/america101404.htm Murray, Rebecca, {{"'}}Team America: World Police' Movie Review,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821090345/http://movies.about.com/od/teamamerica/a/america101404.htm |date=August 21, 2006 }} accessed July 21, 2006.</ref> In 2017, the song "Out Tonight" was covered by the characters [[Josie and the Pussycats]] in an episode of the television series ''[[Riverdale (2017 TV series)|Riverdale]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Pussycats' "Out Tonight" Cover On 'Riverdale' Is A Sneakily Fitting Soundtrack To A Majorly Feminist Moment|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/the-pussycats-out-tonight-cover-on-riverdale-is-a-sneakily-fitting-soundtrack-to-a-majorly-feminist-moment-3254007 |first1=Leah |last1=Marilla Thomas |access-date=2021-01-20|website=Bustle|date=November 9, 2017 |language=en|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413185205/https://www.bustle.com/p/the-pussycats-out-tonight-cover-on-riverdale-is-a-sneakily-fitting-soundtrack-to-a-majorly-feminist-moment-3254007|url-status=live}}</ref> Satirist [[Randy Rainbow]] parodied "Seasons of Love" as "Seasons of Trump" for his 2021 look back at the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Randy Rainbow's Musical Sendoff To Donald Trump|url=https://www.newsandguts.com/video/randy-rainbows-musical-sendoff-to-donald-trump/|access-date=2021-01-20|website=News & Guts Media|date=January 19, 2021 |language=en-US|archive-date=January 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119230327/https://www.newsandguts.com/video/randy-rainbows-musical-sendoff-to-donald-trump/|url-status=live}}</ref> and "Tango: Maureen" as "Tango: Vaccine" to highlight purveyors of [[COVID-19 misinformation]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Daw|first1=Stephen|date=2022-02-07|title=Randy Rainbow Trolls 'Conspiracy Theorist' Anti-Vaxxers in 'Rent' Song Parody: Watch|url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/randy-rainbow-rent-parody-tango-maureen-video-1235027996/|access-date=2022-02-11|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US|archive-date=February 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211185259/https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/randy-rainbow-rent-parody-tango-maureen-video-1235027996/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Rent'' has also been referenced in other musicals. Yitzhak in ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'' wears a ''Rent'' T-shirt and speaks of his aspiration to play the role of Angel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reelingreviews.com/hedwigandtheangryinch.htm |title=Hedwig and the Angry Inch |website=Reelingreviews.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063915/http://reelingreviews.com/hedwigandtheangryinch.htm |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=July 21, 2006 }}</ref> The off-Broadway musical revue ''[[Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back]]'' includes parodies of ''Rent'' songs such as "Rant" ("Rent"), "Ouch! They're Tight" ("Out Tonight"), "Season of Hype" ("Seasons of Love"), "Too Gay 4 U (Too Het'ro 4 Me)" ("Today 4 U"), "Pretty Voices Singing" ("Christmas Bells") and "This Ain't Boheme" ("La Vie Bohème").<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000000PHL |title=Forbidden Broadway, Gerard Alessandrini - Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back!: Another Unoriginal Cast Recording, Volume 4 (1996 New York Cast) |website=[[Amazon.com]] |access-date=July 21, 2006 |archive-date=August 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827115144/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000000PHL |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]], the composer and writer of the Broadway show ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]'', has cited ''Rent'' as a main source of inspiration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/lin-manuel-miranda-and-leslie-odom-jr-reveal-how-rent-shaped-history-and-hamilton-com-341546|title=Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom, Jr. Reveal How ''Rent'' Shaped History and ''Hamilton''|date=February 11, 2015|website=Playbill|access-date=May 6, 2016|archive-date=April 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423210817/http://www.playbill.com/article/lin-manuel-miranda-and-leslie-odom-jr-reveal-how-rent-shaped-history-and-hamilton-com-341546|url-status=live}}</ref> He also referenced the show in a verse of the song "Wrote My Way Out" on ''[[The Hamilton Mixtape]]'' in the line "Running out of time like I'm Jonathan Larson's rent check".