BWW's 12 Days of Christmas with Jennifer Ashley Tepper- Christmas Bells Are Ringing in RENT

Deck the halls, trim the tree, and spin the dreidel. BroadwayWorld is continuing our tradition of celebrating the holiday season with a special countdown. This year we've invited Director of Programming at Feinstein's/54 Below and author of The Untold Stories of Broadway Volume 1 and Volume 2, Jennifer Ashley Tepper to share her favorites holiday performances. Check back daily to get in the holiday spirit in time for December 25 and to find out what else made her list!

How lucky are we to have the 2008 professionally filmed and released version of Rent on Broadway? I love watching this cast, including Adam Kantor as Mark, Will Chase as Roger, Renee Elise Goldsberry as Mimi, Eden Espinosa as Maureen, Michael McElroy as Tom, Justin Johnston as Angel, Tracie Thoms as Joanne, Rodney Hicks as Benny, Telly Leung, Tracy McDowell, Gwen Stewart, Marcus Paul James, Jay Wilkison, Shaun Earl, and Andrea Goss. "Christmas Bells" is such a fantastic piece of musical theatre writing that incorporates about 30 characters, 10 plot lines, and 8 locations, as well as blending several distinct original songs with Christmas tunes... all while not losing the audience, and propelling the story forward. A Jonathan Larson masterwork. And it's beginning to snow.

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