Rent: goodbye, love

Broadway.com announced today that Jonathan Larson's beloved Rent will close on Broadway this June, ending its widely successful twelve-year run.

If you have not yet seen this moving, energy-charged show and live somewhere near the Nederlander Theatre in New York, I beg you to hustle out there before June 1. The electric music, energetic performers and heartfelt, yet somehow not-overdone message reminding us to seize the day should be enough to convince you that you have just witnessed one of Broadway's finest achievements in the Little Musical That Could.

In other sad news, The Client actor Brad Renfro has passed at the age of 25 in Los Angeles, reportedly after a night of drinking. The Client remains a memorable movie to me and I am stunned by this loss, having kept tabs on this great actor's agenda for years. He will be sorely missed in the film community, I have no doubt.