BroadwayWorld.com has an extensive look at Neil’s production of Rent, which has its third and final performance at the Hollywood Bowl this evening.

Harris’ challenge—besides honoring a beloved show as well as living up to his stunt casting choices—was to take a relatively-intimate rock musical about financially-strapped bohemians living in the less-than-luxurious Lower East Side enclave of New York City and expand it on the massive stage entrenched in the Hollywood Hills.

The results—a mixed bag of technical gaffes, surprisingly excellent performances, and a few disappointments—prove to be admirably and genuinely entertaining overall. Your enjoyment of this version of RENT will depend primarily on the absence of pre-show expectations and one’s willingness to accept many of the changes Harris made in order to mount his specific vision at this venue.

Read the full article here and view photos and videos from the first night performance.

A look ahead to the latest production of RENT, directed by Neil, which opens tomorrow at the Hollywood Bowl.