Rent 30th Anniversary Concert
On Monday, October 26, Idina Menzel and 30 years of RENT alumni reunited at the Richard Rodgers Theatre for a special concert performance celebrating the show’s legacy and raising money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. The sold-out anniversary performance and its livestream raised $4,571,464, providing essential support for people facing hunger and hardship across the country.
Idina was joined by most of the original Broadway cast, including Fredi Walker-Browne, her original Joanne. The cast performed the entire show, with all alum taking turns (though the OBC received special consideration). Idina appeared onstage to tremendous entrance applause and performed the beginning of “Over the Moon” solo. She was eventually joined by fellow Maureens, Eden Espinosa and Nicolette Hart.
She reappeared for “Seasons of Love” and again to perform “Take Me or Leave Me” with Fredi. During “Take Me or Leave Me”, they were joined by three other Maureen/Joanne pairs, including Idina’s movie Joanne, Tracie Thoms. She re-appeared during Goodbye Love, and finally, sang “Finale B” and an encore of ‘Seasons of Love” with the entire cast. During the encore she sat with her Fiyero, Norbert Leo Butz.
I added a bunch of photos from rehearsal, the show and red carpet to the gallery:
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Vogue also covered the event and shared this stunning photo:
Here are some concert highlights:
PS: Idina has mostly been out of the public eye, so I haven’t been updating this section as often, but I regularly post on Instagram and update the gallery.
