Original RENT playbill from the 1994 production
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The New York Theatre Workshop Production was a version of RENT that was staged at the New York Theatre Workshop. It was an early version of the musical.
As of 1994, the New York Theatre Workshop version of Rent featured songs that never made it to the final version, such as "You're A Fool", "Voice Mail #4", "He's A Fool", "Open Road", the predecessor of "What You Own"; "He Says", "On The Street #1-3", "You'll Get Over It", the predecessor of "Tango: Maureen," featuring Mark and Maureen; "Right Brain", later rewritten as "One Song Glory", featuring Roger; "Do A Little Business", the predecessor of "You'll See," featuring Benny, Mark, Roger, Collins, and Angel; "Female to Female A & B," featuring Maureen and Joanne; and "Real Estate", a number wherein Benny tries to convince Mark to become a real estate agent and drop his filmmaking.
This workshop version of Rent starred Anthony Rapp as Mark and Daphne Rubin-Vega as Mimi, both who would later be part of the Original Broadway Cast. Larson continued to work on Rent, gradually reworking its flaws and staging more workshop productions.
Cast
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| New York Theatre Workshop Production Cast | |
|---|---|
| Character | Actor |
| Mark Cohen | Anthony Rapp |
| Roger Davis | Tony Hoylen |
| Mimi Marquez | Daphne Rubin-Vega |
| Tom Collins | Pat Briggs |
| Angel Dumott Schunard | Mark Setlock |
| Maureen Johnson | Sarah Knowlton |
| Joanne Jefferson | Shelley Dickenson |
| Benjamin "Benny" Coffin III | Michael Potts |
SongsEdit
| Act I | |
|---|---|
| Song | Sung by |
| Voice Mail #1 | Mark, Roger, Dave, Mark's Mom, Benny |
| Rent | Mark and Roger |
| You Okay Honey? | Angel, Collins, Maureen, Joanne |
| Rent #2 | Roger, Mark |
| You're A Fool | Mark, Roger, Collins, Angel |
| Do a Little Business | Benny, Mark, Collins, Angel |
| Female to Female | Maureen, Joanne |
| Come to the Meeting | Mark, Angel, Collins, Roger |
| Right Brain | Roger |
| Light My Candle | Roger and Mimi |
| On The Street | Homeless |
| Voice Mail #2 | Maureen, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson, Joanne |
| Female to Female B | Maureen, Joanne |
| Another Day | Roger and Mimi |
| On the Street #2 | Company |
| Santa Fe | Angel, Collins, Mark |
| I'll Cover You | Mark, Collins and Angel |
| You'll Get Over It | Maureen and Mark |
| Christmas Bells | Company |
| Over the Moon | Maureen |
| La Vie Boheme | Company |
| AZT Break | Collins, Angel, Maureen, Joanne, Roger, Mimi |
| I Should Tell You | Roger and Mimi |
| Act II | |
| Song | Sung by |
| Voice Mail #3 | Benny and Secretary |
| Seasons of Love | Company |
| Out Tonight | Mimi, Maureen, Angel, Joanne |
| Seasons of Love B | Company |
| Voice Mail #4 | Maureen |
| Without You | Maureen and Joanne |
| Voice Mail #5 | Collins, Angel |
| Contact | Company |
| I'll Cover You B | Collins and Company |
| Goodbye Love | Mimi, Roger, Benny, Maureen, Joanne, Mark |
| Real Estate | Mark, Benny, Alison |
| Open Road | Roger |
| Voice Mail #6 | Roger's Mom, Mimi's Mom, Joanne's Dad, Mark's Mom |
| On the Street #3 | Homeless |
| Rent #3 | Roger and Mark |
| Finale | Company |
TriviaEdit
- In this version Maureen was HIV+.
- Many of the songs featured were either cut or rewritten for the Broadway version of Rent.
