Everything Is Rent

The fans have spoken, and Beth and Sarah have answered several months later. The incredibly funny Lisa Gilroy (Fairview on Comedy Central, size 8 feet) joins Sarah and Beth to talk about Lin Manuel Miranda's film adaptation of Jonathan Larson's musical, Tick, Tick... Boom! Despite being obsessed with the musical OLIVER! as a kid, Lisa is NOT a musical theater fan and once had a very traumatic experience auditioning for a musical at her high school. Lisa describes watching TTB without any prior Jonathan Larson knowledge and being shocked to find out he died. Sarah beats Beth fair and square in a trivia game (trigger warning/spoiler alert: Beth incorrectly says that Sondheim wrote Falsettos. Don't freak out.). -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts| Subscribe: Spotify

Sarah and Beth measure (approximately) a year since their last episode with Lauren Ashley Smith and Mariah Smith (A Black Lady Sketch Show, Smith Sisters Live), who have both seen Rent upwards of 50 TIMES. They recap highlights from New York Theater Workshop's 25th Anniversary RENT Retrospective and prepare for a new investigative podcast to uncover why Jesse L. Martin wasn't part of it! Lauren and Mariah tell the story of their uncle (Jacques C. Smith) replacing Taye Diggs as Benny on Broadway and explain what supplies you need to camp out for theater tickets. Tune in for the Rent talk, stay for the National Forensics League digression. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts| Subscribe: Spotify

Grab some WINE AND BEER (but only if you already have it at home), watch the Rent 2008 Broadway live recording on Youtube, and then listen to Sarah and Beth break it down with their hilarious friend and fellow Rent-lover, Caitlin Bitzegaio (We Stan Together). They discuss the newfound resonance of the musical, the applause problem plaguing New York theater and, guess what, it's the return of mid-2000s improv talk! Plus lots of talk about Head of the Class, The Good Fight, and Grey's Anatomy -- you'll never guess who's still alive and who's dead! -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Turn on your podcast player! Beth and Sarah have been in space for 6 months, but now they’re BACK with a special holiday episode featuring the hilarious and talented sensitive poet Matt Mayer (Monstro, Earth To Ned on Disney+). Listen to some vague memories of the 20th Anniversary Rent tour, which they saw on July 10th and play along by coming up with your own pun lyrics/song titles for an imaginary production of Rent set under the sea. Learn what it takes to become a wife of a podcast and get some inside info about who (or what???) Lin Manuel Miranda's wife is. Matt reveals which character is the "Rosetta Stone" of Rent, and Sarah and Beth visit some emails and DMs that have come in since their last episode in June. All of this brought to you by CBS All Access and NOT AMDA. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

A bunch of new and old guests (Corey Johnson, Santina Muha, Zeke Nicholson, Dan Black, Andrew Hansen, Jake Regal, Cedric Yarbrough, Kat Palardy, and Lauren Holt) join Beth, Sarah, and honorary co-host, Mark David Christenson as they re-listen to the entire 1996 Rent Original Broadway Cast Recording and revisit classic Rent topics like the lyric "think twice before you poo poo it" and how much rent is too much rent to pay in Silverlake. And that's the conclusion of Everything is Rent... for now! Thank you, Jonathan Larson. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Beth and Sarah apologize for the grave error in last week's episode, go over the results of the #orthewaythatshedied challenge, and reveal what's next for Everything is Rent...maybe! -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Sarah and Beth are joined by the two most special guests yet, Sarah Claspell (The Boyfriend) and Beth Appel (Another Bystander in My Fair Lady) to respond to a bunch of new emails, DMs, etc. from the world’s smartest, most thoughtful podcast listeners (that’s you!) and to listen to the bizarre final track on Rent’s Original Broadway Cast album. They discuss the theory that “Your Eyes” is a Picasso, reveal Adam Pascal’s new annual tradition for his wife’s birthday, and listen to Rent in Korean as well as tracks from the musical Small Town Story. Hit them up with your #saxfacts, participate in the #orthewaythatshedied challenge, and remember to use the hashtags #catsoup #cattailsoup #poopsoup and #soupbeforenoon! -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

The time has come: Sarah and Beth got together to watch the 2005 film adaptation of Rent. And who better to talk about it with than the ultimate movie fan and comedy hero, Doug Benson (Doug Loves Movies)! Doug also loves Broadway musicals and he accurately describes the main objectives of the Rent characters: they just want a place to write songs and burn things. There is much discussion of Sarah Silverman's cameo in the movie, the choice to change lyrics into spoken dialogue, Chris Columbus' name, and, of course, Showtime vs. HBO. Doug also tells the story of the time Ray Walston asked Doug to goose him, Beth reveals juicy Anne Hathaway goss, and Sarah dishes on her long-standing Mush crush. Do Doug, Sarah and Beth like the movie? Hate it? Feel a third way about it? Listen to find out! -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

At long last, Beth and Sarah have the extreme privilege of talking to the very thoughtful and inspirational Anthony Rapp (the original Mark in Rent) via the world's shoddiest phone connection. Anthony tells tales of the distant past when cassette tapes and boom boxes still existed as he walks through his journey from not being very excited to audition for a "rock opera," to getting goosebumps hearing "Seasons of Love" for the first time, to realizing Rent was going to be "kind of an event." He also compares his experience working on Rent to his much less fulfilling experience working on the movie Twister, he reveals which cast member was the first to miss a performance, and describes what makes him want to punch a Mark in the face. Tune in if you're looking for a very thorough and satisfying answer to a bunch of dumb questions about the scarf, and enjoy the most realistic version of "Life After Rent" yet!' -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

The hilarious Carl Tart (Queen George, White Women, "The Boy is Mine" on Glee) has never seen Rent, but he did play "Seasons of Love" at a piano recital as a child. Carl talks about studying electronic music, getting a spaghetti hernia, and what it was like going to high school with the star of Battle of Shaker Heights, Shia LaBeouf. He also realizes that he has seen many more musicals than he thought, including a college production of Oklahoma which he describes as "a tough sit." Sarah and Beth describe Beth yelling at teenagers during the intermission of Les Mis at the Pantages, Beth describes a harmonica trick she can do, and Sarah reveals the strange pasta dish she once ordered at a dive bar. Carl does not enjoy the song "Your Eyes," but he does improvise a new version of the song called "I Forgot That You Had Eyes." -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Sarah and Beth are joined by their dear friends, Paul Welsh and Madeline Walter (Brooklyn Nine-Nine). Madeline, who is convinced Jonathan Larson didn't write all the songs in Rent, talks about only liking the first half of the show and Paul, who thinks Ellen DeGeneres was in Rent, explains why he was so angry when "Seasons of Love" came on the radio recently. There's also an extended discussion of weird onstage kisses between brothers and sisters and age-inappropriate people. Paul shares what it was like acting alongside Broadway actors on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Madeline tells a story about breaking someone's front teeth during an audition for Funny Girl. Listen for your chance to win a 311 CD and a sleepover! -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

The hilarious and talented Paul Rust and Michael Cassady (Don’t Stop or We’ll Die) talk about the 1999 Rent tour, the Iowa theater scene, non-traditional audition monologues, and the hit musical, Grimble’s Follies. They also explain the deep cut meaning behind the lyric “To no shame, never playing the fame game.” Beth and Sarah go through their ultimate Rent Voicemail ranking, Paul shares his true feelings about a character named Angel becoming an angel, and Mike tells us about his dad being in two different bands with the same name. They also explain why you should always cast hot people in your plays! -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Beth and Sarah are joined by the incredible Adam Pascal who originated the role of Roger in Rent on Broadway and does a great Gollum! They hit all the hot topics: Adam being told to open his eyes during his Rent audition, how he felt about Rent: Live, and the financial reality of Roger selling his guitar to buy a car. Beth and Adam compare their unsuccessful Star Wars movie auditions, and Sarah and Adam discover that they have the same dream role -- Jean Valjean. PLUS, Adam drops some mind blowing trivia about the line "Is the equipment in a pyramid?" -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

The incredible Lennon Parham (WOMP It Up!, Playing House), the third guest so far who played Grace in Annie, does NOT like Rent. But, like many others, she was once involved in an earnest rendition of "Seasons of Love" performed on the UCB stage. Lennon talks about her love of the musical Chess, tells stories of doing karaoke alone, and explains why she thinks Rent could have used another rewrite or two. Sarah throws shade at anyone who sings Rush songs at karaoke and Lennon throws shade at the many characters in Rent who talk about tortillas. Aspiring actors can sign up for Beth's acting class, "Saying Lines Funny," and, as Michael Caine (or Michael Kayne) always says: Everything is Tent!

Resident movie expert/engineer, Mark David Christenson (Aw...Crap, a Hellboy Podcast) once again joins Beth and Sarah to talk about a movie that isn't Rent. Mostly they talk about how hard it is to remember the title of Team America: World Police, but they also break down the classic Rent parody (Lease) in the movie and compare how much they each know about Trey Parker and Matt Stone's hair. Then they go through all manner of listener correspondence including an email with font as small as the Bible. What are listeners writing in about? Mostly the line "I think I missed, don't get pissed." In conclusion, Beth and Sarah are nerds and so are all of you! WARNING: Do not listen if you don't want to hear Beth sing a lot.

Untrained alto, Gilli Nissim (We're Gross with Gilli Nissim, The Other Two), joins Sarah and Beth to reminisce about being "hot for musicals" after seeing Rent twice in LA and once in San Diego and to confess her SHOCKING least favorite Rent song. They also gossip about the competitive and cutthroat Golden Performing Arts Center, discuss the vocal technique of screaming in your backyard, and plan a girls trip to Vegas. Sarah does her classic Florence Henderson impression, Gilli does her classic Daphne Rubin-Vega impression, and Beth admits to being an old hag. -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @EverythingIsRent Twitter: @Everything_Rent Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify

Get ready to cry. On this ep, Eugene Cordero (The Dumbbells, Tacoma FD, Kong: Skull Island) joins Beth and Sarah to talk about one of the best and saddest songs in the... WORLD??? Eugene tells his story of camping out to see the original Broadway production of Rent, and Sarah and Beth are shocked to learn that their improv team wasn't the first to sing "Seasons of Love" when they were supposed to be doing a Harold. They also talk about scaffolding, how much theater kids like turtlenecks and clove cigarettes, and how the Murget Case would figure into a video game version of Rent.

Nicci Claspell (Two-time Mimi in Rent, First National Tour of American Idiot) loves Rent! And she's joining Beth and Sarah for yet another discussion of the groundbreaking Rent song, Contact! Also in this ep, everyone agrees Rancho Cucamonga is a funny name for a city, Nicci describes making her own costumes and hairpieces, and she and Sarah reminisce about Sarah looking like '90s Claire Danes. Beth and Sarah debate whether Sarah's a tiny weak lady or "huge and beefy." This episode is brought to you by Flying By Foy.

Sarah and Beth are joined by two more of their besties, Drew Spears (Star of Stage & Screen, Cardinal Redbird) and Jamie "Jaw Bone" Gaul (Famous on Instagram, Maureen in Rent at UCB) to continue a special multi-episode series about everyone's favorite Rent song, Contact! They talk about Drew's Rent-loving babysitter and Jamie's embarrassing experience seeing Rent with her conservative parents. They also discuss which Shakespeare plays can be set at Dave & Busters, and listeners who like hearing the word "smouse" repeated over and over are in for a treat. 'Cause everything is smouse!

Nicole Byer (Nailed It!, Comedians of the World, Why Won't You Date Me?) joins Beth and Sarah to talk about (and rewrite the lyrics to) the song "Contact." She also shares a controversial theory about Tinashe's performance in Rent: Live and explains why every Mimi should have open sores. This episode also covers several other definitely-Rent-related topics, such as: what art teachers wear, the past tense of the word "drink," Christopher Durang, The Rock's acting career, and why Nicole's mom thought Nicole had a serious intestinal health issue. And, if you're a fan of Nailed It!, oh boy is there some good insider info for you in this ep!