"RENT" on FOX
I don't know about the rest of you, but the annual live broadcasts of musicals on NBC and FOX have become a lovely tradition that I truly enjoy. Say what you will about the quality of some of the productions, but I simply find it thrilling that musical theatre is being broadcast into the homes of millions of people. I have actually liked all but two of the live musicals put on by either NBC or FOX. Despite those two productions, at no point did I ever wish for either networks to discontinue their live musicals because I think that they are incredibly necessary and do adequate jobs at bringing people into the world of musical theatre, even if it is only via their television screens. When FOX announced that they would be bringing Jonathan Larson's Rent to the small screen, I was excited and scared. I was excited that this great musical was going to receive yet another major screen adaptation (following the 2005 movie and the taped version of the final Broadway company), but sca