Legal Commentary

The NYTimes headline that jumped off the screen at me this morning was the news that the Broadway production of Rent will close on June 1, a little over 12 years (or "Nine  hundred thirty thousand, one hundred eighty minutes," as the Times lede appropriately points out) after it opened in February 1996.

I've written before about my myriad issues with the Hollywood-diluted, sugar-coated film version of the play, but the play itself remains today one of the most powerful things I've ever seen. I was fortunate enough to see the entire original Broadway cast in April 1996, about two months after it opened, when I was 16, and can still remember how wonderful and remarkable a show it was (and is).

Of course, all good things must come to an end. I guess this is just one good thing I wish didn't have to end quite so soon...