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I’d be lying if I said I never expressed interest in “Rent”, the rock musical that changed this and that and everything in between on Broadway. As you may or may not know, “Rent” is about to end its run on Broadway after 12 years. Sony Pictures is looking to cash in huge on the final performance, so it’s decided it will simulcast it to various movie theaters throughout the US.

Exact dates for the screenings haven’t been set yet, so you’ll just have to wait for now unless you feel like shelling out lots and lots of money for an actual ticket to the show. Could we a trend of other plays and performances being broadcast to movie theaters in the future? Absolutely. Next up is “Delerium” from Cirque du Soleil.

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The past is funny. And pretty informative if you take a look at some of the predictions history has layed out for the fabulous future. These postcards from 1900 depict what people barely out of the 19th century thought their descendants would experience in 2000. Any of these look familiar? Check out those year 2000 Victorian outfits. Above is the “broadcast theater”. What predictions will we have all wrong? (more…)