Ik las vandaag dat Denise Van Outen is gecast als Maureen. Over deze nieuwe versie van Rent
Baker’s version has been pruned down to a running time of just over two hours, with electric guitar riffs and some Americanisms removed, and references to HIV therapies updated. The minimalist white “void†set will be enhanced with chrome fire escapes and a digital landscape. The British actors will speak in their native accents.
Baker admits that his team runs “the risk of alienating Rent fansâ€, though he hopes they’ll be surprised rather than “appalledâ€. “When Rent was first produced, Jonathan tragically died at the point when it would have been tightened up. We’ve edited it a lot, taken it down to its core, down to core relationships and issues. We’ve preserved the basic melodies, but the arrangements are completely different, ranging from burlesque to hard core grunge to pop … I think we’ve been true to Jonathan’s original intentions, the story and the music he wrote.â€
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