CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Billboard reports:

Fox’s live rendition of Jonathan Larson’s beloved Rent now has a cast. Vanessa Hudgens (Grease Live), singer Tinashe, Valentina (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Kiersey Clemons (Dope, The Flash feature), Brandon Victor Dixon (Jesus Christ Superstar Live), Jordan Fisher (Grease Live), Brennin Hunt (Walking With Herb) and Grammy winner Mario (Empire) will star in the Jan. 27 live musical, with Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman) performing the famed track “Seasons of Love.”

Based on Larson’s Tony-winning HIV/AIDS-themed musical, Rent is a rock musical loosely based on La Boheme that tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York’s East Village in the days of the Bohemian Alphabet City and under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Larson’s estate is on board to executive produce the 20th Century Fox TV production alongside Marc Platt.