History Trivia / RENT

** Creator/{{NBC}} reportedly considered televising a live production in December 2017, until they instead decided to air ''Theatre/ByeByeBirdie'' in that timeslot. Creator/{{FOX}} ended up rights to ''RENT''.

** Creator/{{NBC}} reportedly considered televising a live production in December 2017, until they instead decided to air ''Theatre/ByeByeBirdie'' in that timeslot.

** Unfortunately, after 10 years of marriage, Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel divorced but still remain best friends.

** Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel met during the original production and were then married for ten years afterwards, afterwards becoming AmicableExes.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Jonathan Larson, the guy who wrote the libretto and plot, died on the night of the final dress rehearsal. Which provides the perfect illustration of the show's message that you never know when your life will be over, so you should do as much as you can all the time. Contrary to popular belief, he died from an undiagnosed heart condition and ''not'' AIDS.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel; Wilson Heredia and his makeup artist from the movie. In the 2007 Australian production, Anthony Callea (Mark) and Tim Campbell (Roger).

* ReferencedBy: See ReferencedBy.{{Rent}}.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: In a CastOfGay, the only queer actor in the original cast was Anthony Rapp as the heterosexual Marc.
* LifeImmitatesArt: Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal were actual roommates for a few years after the show.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/{{NBC}} reportedly considered televising a live production in December 2017, until they instead decided to air ''Theatre/ByeByeBirdie'' in that timeslot.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Jonathan Larson, the guy who wrote the libretto and plot, died on the night of the final dress rehearsal. Which provides the perfect illustration of the show's message that you never know when your life will be over, so you should do as much as you can all the time.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The movie, at least, starts on Christmas Eve 1988, but the show has always been synonymous with TheNineties. VirtualReality as [[NewMediaAreEvil an evil takeover plot]], AIDS spreading like wildfire, Benny's ignorance about the risks of HIV, etc.
** It also created [[AnachronismStew a serious anachronism]]: The ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'' joke in "Today 4 U".

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The movie, at least, starts on Christmas Eve 1989, but the show has always been synonymous with TheNineties. VirtualReality as [[NewMediaAreEvil an evil takeover plot]], AIDS spreading like wildfire, Benny's ignorance about the risks of HIV, etc.

** It also created a serious {{Anachronism}}: The ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'' joke in "Today 4 U".

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Jonathan Larson, the guy who wrote the libretto and plot, died on the night of the final dress rehearsal.
** Which actually provides the perfect illustration of the show's message that you never know when your life will be over, so you should do as much as you can all the time.
* DawsonCasting: Mimi "You look like you're sixteen." "I'm ''nineteen'', but I'm old for my age!" Marquez, originally played by the ''27-year-old'' Daphne Rubin-Vega (though, since many of the other characters are only mid-twenties, the potential exists for them as well).

* RomanceOnTheSet: Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel; Wilson Heredia and his makeup artist from the movie. In the 2007 Australian production, Anthony Callea (Mark) and Tim Campbell (Roger).

* DawsonCasting: Mimi "You look like you're sixteen." "I'm ''nineteen'', but I'm old for my age!" Marquez (though, since many of the other characters are only mid-twenties, the potential exists for them as well).

* TheOtherDarrin: Only Mimi and Joanne are recast in place of the originals for the movie, because Daphne Reuben-Vega was pregnant at the time and obviously gained too much weight to play a junkie dancer with AIDS, and Fredi Walker felt she was too old to portray a recent law school graduate. Her one request was to keep Joanne black.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Collins is also [[LawAndOrder Detective Ed Green]], Maureen is also [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} Elphaba]] and [[{{Enchanted}} Nancy Tremaine]], Roger is [[{{Aida}} Radames]] and Benny helped [[HowStellaGotHerGrooveBack Stella get her groove back]]. Don't forget the ever-so-slightly prudish Mark is [[AdventuresInBabysitting Daryl Coopersmith]] the sex fiend, and Joanne is [[ColdCase a Philadelphia detective]] and [[TheDevilWearsPrada Andy Sachs' female best friend]].
** Also, [[NextToNormal Aaron Tveit]] will be starring in the Hollywood Bowl's version as Roger, with [[SpringAwakening Skylar Astin]] playing Mark and [[HighSchoolMusical Vanessa Hudgens]] (much to the fanbase's disgust, it seems) will star as Mimi.
** But think of the fun WildMassGuessing this could provoke!
** Don't forget Joanne is also [[{{Wonderfalls}} a sassy cocktail waitress at Niagara Falls]].
** And Maureen's become fairly well known as [[{{Glee}} Shelby Corcoran]].
** Also, SarahSilverman is employer Alexei Darling in the film version.