Editing Rent (musical) (section)

==Productions==

===New York workshops and Off-Broadway production===
''Rent'' had its first staged reading at New York Theatre Workshop in March 1993.<ref name="Odyssey"/>  A further two-week [[New York Theatre Workshop]] version was performed in 1994 starring Anthony Rapp as Mark and Daphne Rubin-Vega as Mimi, and more workshops followed. The show opened in 1996, again at New York Theatre Workshop, and quickly gained popularity off-Broadway, receiving enthusiastic reviews.  ''The New York Times'' theater critic [[Ben Brantley]] called it an "exhilarating, landmark rock opera" with a "glittering, inventive score" that "shimmers with hope for the future of the American musical."<ref>Brantley, Ben. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E7DC1239F937A25751C0A960958260 "Rock Opera A la 'Boheme' And 'Hair'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215220232/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E7DC1239F937A25751C0A960958260 |date=December 15, 2010 }}, ''The New York Times'', February 14, 1996</ref>  Another reviewer wrote, "''Rent'' speaks to [[Generation X]] the way that the musical ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'' spoke to the [[baby boomers]] or those who grew up in the 1960s," while the ''New York Times'' similarly called it "a rock opera for our time, a ''Hair'' for the 90s."<ref name="Comet">{{cite news|title=The Birth of a Theatrical Comet|website=The New York Times|date=March 17, 1996|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60B10F83D5D0C748DDDAA0894DE494D81|pages=Section 2 page 1|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-date=May 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070530152118/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60B10F83D5D0C748DDDAA0894DE494D81|url-status=live}}</ref> The show proved extremely successful off-Broadway, selling out all of its performances at the 150-seat theatre.<ref name="Rent: Glory"/> 

===Original Broadway production===
[[File:OriginalBroadwayCast-1.jpg|thumb|270px|Original Broadway cast, 1996]]
Due to its overwhelming popularity and the need for a larger theater, ''Rent'' moved to Broadway's previously derelict Nederlander Theatre on 41st Street on April 29, 1996.<ref name="Rent: Glory"/>  On Broadway, the show achieved critical acclaim and word-of-mouth popularity. The production's ethnically diverse principal cast originally included [[Taye Diggs]], [[Wilson Jermaine Heredia]], [[Jesse L. Martin]], [[Idina Menzel]], [[Adam Pascal]], [[Anthony Rapp]], [[Daphne Rubin-Vega]] and [[Fredi Walker]].

The production's controversial topics and innovative pricing, including same day-of-performance $20 tickets, helped to increase the popularity of musical theater amongst the younger generation.<ref name="Marks">{{cite journal| author=Marks, Peter| title=Looking on Broadway For Ramshackle Home| journal=The New York Times| date=February 26, 1996| page=C9| url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20616FD3A5D0C758EDDAB0894DE494D81&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fOrganizations%2fN%2fNew%20York%20Theater%20Workshop| access-date=February 12, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529083704/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20616FD3A5D0C758EDDAB0894DE494D81&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FOrganizations%2FN%2FNew%20York%20Theater%20Workshop| archive-date=May 29, 2007| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref>  The production was nominated for ten [[Tony Awards]] in 1996 and won four: Best Musical, Best Book, Best Original Score and Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Heredia).<ref name="Tonys Search">{{cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys_search?year=1996&show=Rent|title=Past Winners Search|access-date=November 30, 2006|publisher=IBM Corp., Tony Award Productions|work=The Official Website of the American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards|archive-date=January 5, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105002734/http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys_search?year=1996&show=Rent|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 24, 2006, the original Broadway cast reunited for a one-night performance of the musical at the Nederlander Theatre. This performance raised over $2,000,000 for the [[Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation]], [[Friends In Deed]] and New York Theatre Workshop. Former cast members were invited, and many from prior tours and former Broadway casts appeared, performing an alternate version of "Seasons of Love" as the finale of the performance.<ref name="Playbill 10th">{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/98789.html|title=''Rent''{{'}}s 10th Anniversary Celebration Will Reunite Past Bohemians, for Three Good Causes|publisher=Playbill, Inc.|date=March 30, 2006|author=Jones, Kenneth|access-date=November 30, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061224123746/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/98789.html|archive-date=December 24, 2006}}</ref>

''Rent'' closed on September 7, 2008, after a 12-year run and 5,123 performances,<ref name="AP0907">Kuchwara, Michael. [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/2008-09-07-2823599183_x.htm "'Rent' brings down the curtain on Broadway run."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321200452/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/2008-09-07-2823599183_x.htm |date=March 21, 2016 }} ''[[Associated Press]]'', September 7, 2008. Retrieved on July 8, 2015.</ref> making it the seventh-longest-running Broadway show at that time, and currently the [[List of the longest-running Broadway shows|eleventh-longest-running Broadway show]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/75222.html |title=Long Runs on Broadway |access-date=June 22, 2008 |publisher=Playbill, Inc. |date=May 28, 2008 |author=Hernandez, Ernio |work=Celebrity Buzz: Insider Info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420212111/http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/75222.html |archive-date=April 20, 2009 }}</ref>  The production grossed over $280 million.<ref name="Time"/>

Original cast [[Musical ensemble|ensemble]] members Rodney Hicks and Gwen Stewart returned to the cast at the time of the Broadway closing. Hicks played Benny and Stewart played the role she created, the soloist in the song "Seasons of Love". In addition, actress [[Tracie Thoms]] joined the cast at the end of the run playing Joanne, the role she portrayed in the 2005 film version.<ref name="AP0907" />  The last Broadway performance was filmed and screened in movie theaters as ''Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway'' in September 2008. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray formats on February 3, 2009.

===North American touring productions===
Successful United States national tours, the "Angel Tour" and the "Benny Tour", launched in the 1990s. Later, the non-[[Actors' Equity|Equity]] tour started its run. There was also a Canadian tour (often referred to as the "Collins Tour").

The Angel tour began in November 1996 at the [[Shubert Theatre (Boston)|Shubert Theatre]] in Boston, where it ran for approximately six months.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Lefkowitz | first1=David | last2=Glaser | first2=Blair | last3=Viagas | first3=Viagas | title=Boston RENT:Extension, Convention, Improved Aural Dimension | website=Playbill | date=December 16, 1996 | url=https://playbill.com/article/boston-rent-extension-convention-improved-aural-dimension-com-69066 | access-date=August 19, 2022 | archive-date=August 19, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819230201/https://playbill.com/article/boston-rent-extension-convention-improved-aural-dimension-com-69066 | url-status=live }}</ref> Anthony Rapp joined the cast for the Chicago run, and Daphne Rubin-Vega joined for the Los Angeles run. The tour finished in San Francisco in September 1999. Other members of the Angel cast included [[Carrie Hamilton]], [[Amy Spanger]], [[Luther Creek]], [[Kristoffer Cusick]], [[Lisa Simone]], [[Queen Esther (artist)|Queen Esther]], and [[Tony Vincent]].

The Benny Tour began in July 1997 in San Diego, California, at the LaJolla Playhouse. Michael Grief, the original director of the Broadway show was also the artistic director of the LaJolla Playhouse and was instrumental in arranging for the Benny tour to begin in the smaller city of San Diego rather than Los Angeles, California. It originally featured [[Neil Patrick Harris]] as Mark Cohen in his first musical theatre role. The Benny tour generally played shorter stops and often-smaller markets than the Angel Tour did. Other cast members included [[Wilson Cruz]] and d'Monroe.

Tours ran each season from 2005 to 2008. Cast members throughout the run included [[Aaron Tveit]], Ava Gaudet, [[Declan Bennett]], [[Rebecca Naomi Jones]], [[Constantine Maroulis]], Dan Rosenbaum, [[Heinz Winckler]], [[Anwar Robinson]], Christine Dwyer, [[Caissie Levy]] and [[Karen Olivo]]. In 2009, a national tour starring Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, reprising their original Broadway roles, launched in Cleveland, Ohio. Original Broadway Cast member Gwen Stewart also appeared, alongside [[Michael McElroy (actor)|Michael McElroy]] as Collins, The tour ended on February 7, 2010, in Sacramento, California.<ref>Jones, Kenneth.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/136616-Cest-La-Vie-Rent-Tour-With-Pascal-Rapp-and-Stewart-Shutters-Feb-7 "C'est La Vie: Rent Tour, With Pascal, Rapp and Stewart, Shutters Feb. 7"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211142443/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/136616-Cest-La-Vie-Rent-Tour-With-Pascal-Rapp-and-Stewart-Shutters-Feb-7 |date=February 11, 2010 }}, playbill.com, February 7, 2010</ref> A 20th anniversary non-Equity touring production began in Bloomington, Indiana on September 12, 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/dates-and-cities-announced-for-rent-39-s-20th-anniversary-tour|title=Dates and Cities Announced for Rent's 20th Anniversary Tour. {{!}} Playbill|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=April 28, 2017|archive-date=May 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514230412/http://www.playbill.com/article/dates-and-cities-announced-for-rent-39-s-20th-anniversary-tour|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/how-will-the-rent-tour-be-different-from-what-you-know|title=How Will the Rent Tour Be Different From What You Know?|work=[[Playbill]]|date=September 11, 2016|access-date=May 17, 2019|archive-date=May 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517012522/http://www.playbill.com/article/how-will-the-rent-tour-be-different-from-what-you-know|url-status=live}}</ref> and ran through March 1, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/current-and-upcoming-national-tours|work=[[Playbill]]|title=Current and Upcoming National Tours|date=May 13, 2019|access-date=May 17, 2019|archive-date=May 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530082750/http://www.playbill.com/article/current-and-upcoming-national-tours|url-status=live}}</ref> A 25th anniversary non-Equity tour kicked off on September 30, 2021, at the Carson Center in Paducah, Kentucky.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/kentucky-news/lets-get-this-show-on-the-road-rent-comes-to-paducah/article_c87c4088-1d87-11ec-bebb-2bf68cbc2fa7.html|title=Let's get this show on the road: Rent comes to Paducah|work=WPSD Local 6|date=September 24, 2021|access-date=October 25, 2021|archive-date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160837/https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/kentucky-news/lets-get-this-show-on-the-road-rent-comes-to-paducah/article_c87c4088-1d87-11ec-bebb-2bf68cbc2fa7.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===UK productions===
The show made its UK premiere on April 21, 1998, at the West End's [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] and officially opened on May 12, 1998. The original cast included [[Krysten Cummings]] as Mimi Marquez, Wilson Jermaine Heredia as Angel Schunard, Bonny Lockhart as Benny, Jesse L. Martin as Tom Collins, Adam Pascal as Roger Davis, Anthony Rapp as Mark Cohen, and Jessica Tezier as Maureen Johnson. The show closed on October 30, 1999, after one-and-a-half years. Limited revivals took place at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]] from December 4, 2001, to January 6, 2002; December 6, 2002, to March 1, 2003 (featuring [[Adam Rickett]] as Mark and [[Caprice Bourret|Caprice]] as Maureen).  There was also a successful production for a limited run in Manchester in 2006 with an additional 'goodbye' performance in 2008 from the Manchester cast.

On October 16, 2007, the heavily revised production titled ''Rent Remixed'' opened at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] in London's West End. Directed by [[William Baker (fashion designer)|William Baker]], it was set in the present day. The cast included [[Oliver Thornton]] (Mark), [[Luke Evans (actor)|Luke Evans]] (Roger), Craig Stein (Benny), [[Leon Lopez]] (Collins), [[Francesca Jackson]] (Joanne), Jay Webb (Angel), [[Siobhán Donaghy]] (Mimi), and [[Denise Van Outen]] (Maureen). From December 24, 2007, the role of Maureen was played by [[Jessie Wallace]].<ref>[http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Theatre-Review/rent-jessie-wallace-joins-cast Jessie Wallace joins cast of ''RENT''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107071831/http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Theatre-Review/rent-jessie-wallace-joins-cast |date=January 7, 2008 }} – IndieLondon, 2007</ref> The production received generally unfavorable reviews. The Guardian gave it only one out of five stars, writing, "They call this 'Rent Remixed'. I'd dub it 'Rent Reduced', in that the late Jonathan Larson's reworking of La Bohème, while never a great musical, has been turned into a grisly, synthetic, pseudo pop concert with no particular roots or identity."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/oct/16/theatre4|title=Theatre review: Rent / Duke of York Theatre, London|first=Michael|last=Billington|newspaper=The Guardian |date=October 16, 2007|access-date=April 7, 2020|via=www.theguardian.com|archive-date=January 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125154649/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/oct/16/theatre4|url-status=live}}</ref>  The production closed on February 2, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113661.html|title=New London Production of Rent to Close in February 2008|work=Playbill|access-date=November 23, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229072708/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113661.html|archive-date=December 29, 2008}}</ref>

The production radically altered elements of the musical including defining the characters of Mimi, Angel and Mark as British. Songs were reordered (including Maureen's first appearance as the Act I finale).  The rehaul of the score was masterminded by [[Steve Anderson (musician)|Steve Anderson]] and featured radically rearranged versions of Out Tonight, Today 4 U, Over the Moon and Happy New Year.

A one-off Rent - The 20th Anniversary Concert was held at the Blackpool Opera house Monday November 11, 2013. A 20th anniversary tour opened at [[Theatr Clwyd]] in October 2016 before playing a two-month run at the [[St James Theatre, London]]. The cast included [[Layton Williams]] as Angel and [[Lucie Jones]] as Maureen.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/20th-anniversary-production-of-rent_40884.html|title=New production of Rent to tour UK|work=WhatsOnStage.com|access-date=April 28, 2017|archive-date=October 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025092247/http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/20th-anniversary-production-of-rent_40884.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The production then continued to tour the UK.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://lewisloves.com/rent-musical-20th-anniversary-tour-malvern-theatre/|title=Reviewed by LewisLoves: Rent The Musical at the Malvern Theatre|date=March 26, 2017|work=Lewis Loves|access-date=June 5, 2017|language=en-GB|archive-date=July 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725033356/http://lewisloves.com/rent-musical-20th-anniversary-tour-malvern-theatre/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018 an immersive production of RENT premiered at [[Frogmore Paper Mill]] in Apsley, Hemel Hempstead.<ref name=bw>{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/BWW-TV-First-Look-at-RENT-at-the-Worlds-Oldest-Papermill-20180710|title=First look at RENT at the World's Oldest Papermill|work=Broadway World|date=July 10, 2018|access-date=September 5, 2018|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014114/https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/BWW-TV-First-Look-at-RENT-at-the-Worlds-Oldest-Papermill-20180710|url-status=live}}</ref> The cast included Aran Macrae (Roger), Connor Dyer (Mark) and Lizzie Emery (Mimi). The show opened on July 10, 2018, and ran until July 28.

In 2020, the musical was revived at Manchester's [[Hope Mill Theatre]] for a limited run from October 30 to December 6. The production was originally scheduled to begin in late July but was delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rent musical revival at Hope Mill Theatre rescheduled {{!}} WhatsOnStage|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/manchester-theatre/news/rent-musical-revival-rescheduled_51656.html|website=www.whatsonstage.com|date=May 25, 2020 |language=en-GB|access-date=May 25, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603171732/https://www.whatsonstage.com/manchester-theatre/news/rent-musical-revival-rescheduled_51656.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to the ongoing pandemic, the audience was [[Social distancing|socially distanced]] and measures were in place around the theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rent musical revival at Hope Mill Theatre to go ahead next month with socially distanced audiences {{!}} WhatsOnStage|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/manchester-theatre/news/rent-musical-revival-hope-mill_52401.html|access-date=September 16, 2020|website=www.whatsonstage.com|date=September 15, 2020 |language=en-GB|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917012626/https://www.whatsonstage.com/manchester-theatre/news/rent-musical-revival-hope-mill_52401.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The cast included Blake Patrick Anderson (Mark), [[Tom Francis (actor)|Tom Francis]] (Roger), [[Maiya Quansah-Breed]] (Mimi), Dom Hartley-Harris (Collins), Alex Thomas-Smith (Angel), [[Millie O'Connell]] (Maureen), [[Jocasta Almgill]] (Joanne), and Ahmed Hamad (Benny). The production was professionally filmed, which was broadcast from November 27 to December 20 on weekends.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Meyer|first=Dan|date=October 6, 2020|title=Hope Mill Theatre to Stream Its Production of Rent This Fall|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/hope-mill-theatre-to-stream-its-production-of-rent-this-fall|url-status=live|access-date=March 14, 2021|website=Playbill|language=en|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115210719/https://www.playbill.com/article/hope-mill-theatre-to-stream-its-production-of-rent-this-fall}}</ref>

===Off-Broadway revival===
The show was revived [[off-Broadway]] at Stage 1 of [[New World Stages]] with previews starting July 14, 2011, and a scheduled opening of August 11, 2011. This was the first New York Revival of the show since the original production closed less than three years earlier. The production was directed by ''Rent'''s original director [[Michael Greif]].  Almost the entire show was different from the original, yet the reinvention did not please the critics, who complained that the new actors did not have a feel for the characters they were playing and that it made the show feel contrived.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/08/12/theater/reviews/rent-revival-at-new-world-stages-review.html?scp=1&sq=rent&st=cse|work=The New York Times|first=Ben|last=Brantley|title='Rent' Revival at New World Stages – Review|date=August 11, 2011|access-date=October 19, 2011|archive-date=August 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827115145/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/12/theater/reviews/rent-revival-at-new-world-stages-review.html?scp=1&sq=rent&st=cse|url-status=live}}</ref> The off-Broadway production of ''Rent'' closed on September 9, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/169812-Off-Broadways-Rent-Closes-Sept-9 |title=Off-Broadway's Rent Closes Sept. 9 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913000902/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/169812-Off-Broadways-Rent-Closes-Sept-9 |archive-date=September 13, 2012 }}</ref>

===Additional productions===
In 1999, an Australian production featured [[Justin Smith (Australian actor)|Justin Smith]] as Mark, [[Rodger Corser]] as Roger and [[Christine Anu]] as Mimi. The tour began in Sydney and finished in Melbourne. A production in [[Perth]], Western Australia was mounted in 2007 and featured [[Anthony Callea]] as Mark, [[Tim Campbell (actor)|Tim Campbell]] as Roger, [[Courtney Act]] as Angel and [[Nikki Webster]] as Maureen. Another Australian production began in Brisbane in January 2024 and will end in Canberra in June 2024. The cast features [[Nick Afoa]] as Collins, Martha Berhane as Mimi, Carl De Villa as Angel, Tana Laga'aia as Benny,  Noah Mullins as Mark, Calista Nelmes as Maureen, Jerrod Smith as Roger, and [[Thando (musician)|Thndo]] as Joanne.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cast/Creatives|url=https://rentmusical.au/cast/ |access-date=March 26, 2024|work=rentmusical.au}}</ref>

The [[Dublin]] production had an extended run at the [[Olympia Theatre, Dublin]] in 2000. It starred [[Sean Pol McGreevy]] as Mark, [[Rachel Tucker]] as Maureen and [[Allyson Brown]] as Mimi under the direction of [[Phil Willmott|Phil Willmot]].

The Swedish production premiered in January, 2001 at [[Göta Lejon]], [[Sweden]], with an extensive national tour the following year. [[Sarah Dawn Finer]] played Joanne.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Rent" gör jätteturné|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/3j4P1d|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Aftonbladet|date=December 6, 2001 |language=sv|archive-date=August 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827115149/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/a/3j4P1d/rent-gor-jatteturne|url-status=live}}</ref> The first Swedish production had an altered ending, later productions has kept the original ending.

''Rent'' veteran [[Neil Patrick Harris]] directed a production at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA. The production played a three night engagement, August 6–8, 2010. The cast included [[Vanessa Hudgens]] as Mimi, [[Aaron Tveit]] as Roger, [[Skylar Astin]] as Mark, [[Wayne Brady]] as Collins, [[Telly Leung]] as Angel, [[Tracie Thoms]] as Joanne, [[Nicole Scherzinger]] as Maureen, [[Collins Pennie]] as Benny, and Gwen Stewart as Seasons of Love soloist (and additional roles).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/152599/pussycat-doll-nicole-scherzinger-to-tango-as-maureen-in-hollywood-bowl-rent/|title=Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger to Tango as Maureen in Hollywood Bowl Rent|work=Broadway.com|access-date=November 23, 2015|archive-date=November 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123183332/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/152599/pussycat-doll-nicole-scherzinger-to-tango-as-maureen-in-hollywood-bowl-rent/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, the first tour for the German speaking countries was mounted by Berlin theatrical producer {{ill|Boris Hilbert|de}}. The leading German musical theatre magazine ''musicals - Das Musicalmagazin'' described the production as "in terms of vocal quality, the performance was one of the best that has ever been seen in Germany" (issue 188 of Dec 2017). The show traveled Germany, Austria and Switzerland and was directed by the British opera director [[Walter Sutcliffe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hilbert-productions.com/rent-musical|title=Rent produced by Hilbert Productions GmbH Berlin|access-date=December 14, 2017|archive-date=December 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206214201/http://hilbert-productions.com/rent-musical/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===''Rent: School Edition''===
In 2007, an abridged edition of ''Rent'' was made available to five non-professional acting groups in the United States for production, primarily adapted by Jennifer and Peter Jones of Stuart, Florida's StarStruck Theatre. Billed as {{nowrap|''Rent: School Edition''}}, this version omits the song "Contact" and eliminates some of the coarse language and tones down some public displays of affection in the original.<ref name="School Edition">{{cite web |author=Deyoung, Bill |date=June 30, 2007 |title=With 'Rent,' local theater finally fulfills promise |url=http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,2545,TCP_16736_5609675,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706021228/http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0%2C2545%2CTCP_16736_5609675%2C00.html |archive-date=July 6, 2007 |access-date=July 2, 2007 |publisher=Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers}}
Hopper, R: [http://www.nationalyouththeatre.com/reviews/reviews_truman_rent.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828130245/http://www.nationalyouththeatre.com/reviews/reviews_truman_rent.html|date=August 28, 2008}}. National Youth Theatre review, accessed March 19, 2009.</ref> [[Shorewood High School (Wisconsin)|Shorewood High School]] in [[Shorewood, Wisconsin]], became the first high school to perform an early version of the adaptation in May 2006. The high school was selected to present a workshop performance as part of [[Music Theatre International]]'s work to adapt the musical for younger actors and potentially more conservative audiences.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AyQqAAAAIBAJ&pg=5097,6780278&dq=rent+school+edition+shorewood&hl=en|title=Students Tackle Tough Topics of 'Rent'|last=Schmidt|first=Elaine|date=May 19, 2006|location=Wisconsin|pages=8B|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|access-date=April 9, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As of 2008, Music Theatre International began licensing "''Rent'' School Edition" for performances by schools and non-professional amateur theaters in the United States and around the world.

===International productions===
''Rent'' has been performed in countries around the world, including [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[Iceland]], [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]], [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], [[Italy]], [[Hungary]], [[Poland]], [[Slovakia]], [[Greece]], [[Canada]], the [[United States]], [[Mexico]], [[Panama]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Argentina]], [[Russia]], [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[South Korea]], [[Taiwan]], [[Japan]], [[Philippines]], [[Singapore]], [[Thailand]], [[South Africa]], [[Australia]], [[Guam]], [[New Zealand]], [[Israel]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Austria]], [[Peru]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Cuba]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Colombia]], [[Turkey]] and [[Guatemala]].

The musical has been performed in twenty-six languages: Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Greek, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Hebrew, Czech, Turkish, and Catalan.