Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The cast of Rent performing on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' in November 1996 "There's a song in the show called 'Halloween' ...

The music director of Rent, Tim Weil, had no idea the show would be such a success. When talking to PEOPLE following the musical's 30th anniversary, Weil, 67, emphasizes that Rent was “truly an ...

Rent's opening scene almost looked — and sounded — completely different. Tim Weil, the original music director of Rent, tells PEOPLE there was one song Jonathan Larson really wanted to open the show, ...

Larson was working on 'Rent' until he tragically died the day before the show's first Off-Broadway preview performance Larson wrote multiple versions of "Halloween," but they ultimately decided to ...