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>>Don’t worry, no one will ever watch it.<<

Don’t bet on that. Rent was extremely popular on Broadway.

Musicals are making a comeback. Hairspray opened in movie theaters as the highest grossing musical adaptation in history. Beating out even Chicago. People will see Rent.

The pity of it is, there are great musicals to be made into movies. Sweeney Todd is coming out soon. It is dark. People will look at the names Johnny Depp and Tim Burton then flock to see it. It is a “mad slasher” musical. A horrible combo for the mainstream. My nephew who manages a theater (and a huge Tim Burton fan), called and told me NOT to see it. And definitely not to take my kids.

I’m looking for someone to do Sugar. The musical version of Some Like it Hot. Great music, good story, a classic with music. People would love it. (I’d cast James Marsden in the Tony Curtis/Tony Roberts role, but who am I?)

No, they give us Rent. Figures.