Release Date, Special Features Set for Rent Final Performance DVD

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has set a February 3 release date for Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway, which captured the final Broadway performance of the long-running musical on September 7, 2008. Director Michael Warren used the latest in high-definition video and digital audio technology so that viewers can experience the show not only from the best seats in the Nederlander Theatre, but from the stage and wings.

Both the DVD and Blu-Ray Disc versions will include numerous special features, including "Rent: The Final Days on Broadway," a retrospective documentary featuring cast and crew; "The Final Curtain Call," featuring past and present cast members singing “Seasons of Love” on stage one last time; "The Wall," a rare look at the backstage wall of messages from famous folks who came to see the show; and "The Final Lottery," focusing on the hundreds of fans who hoped to be one of the lucky few chosen to sit in the front two rows for the very last show.

Special features exclusive to Blu-Ray version include a behind-the-scenes look at the Nederlander Theatre and how it was transformed into the home for Rent and a segment in which casting director Bernard Telsey talking about casting the show for the past 12 years.

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway features Will Chase as Roger, Adam Kantor as Mark, Michael McElroy as Collins, Tracie Thoms as Joanne, Justin Johnston as Angel, Reneé Elise Goldsberry as Mimi, Eden Espinosa as Maureen and original cast members Rodney Hicks, who steps into the role of Benny, and Gwen Stewart as the “Seasons of Love” soloist.Rent was directed on Broadway by Michael Greif.