Editing Rent (musical) (section)

===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>