| 21 April 1998 : | First preview |
| 12 May 1998 : | Opening night |
| 17 June 1998 : | Claudia Cadette's first performance as Mimi |
| 23 June 1998 : | Wayne Perrey's first performance as Angel |
| 19 August 1998 : | Jessica Tezier (Maureen) leaves the cast |
| 25 August 1998 : | Josh Cohen's first performance as Mark |
| 12 September 1998 : | Adam
Pascal (Roger), Jesse L. Martin (Collins) and Rob J. Solomon (Steve) left
the cast. Jocelyn Hugues took over as Maureen and Sharon D. Clarke as Joanne for some time because Jacqui Dubois was ill. |
| 14 September 1998 : | Adrian Lewis Morgan joined the cast as Roger and Mark Leroy Jackson as Collins during a few weeks before Mark Vincent took over the part. Besides, Peter Eldridge, who used to be the understudy for Roger, took over as Steve. |
| 3 October 1998 : | Wilson Jermaine Heredia's last performance. Andy Señor took over as Angel. |
| 7 October 1998 : | Last performance of Anthony Rapp (Mark) who went back to the US to play the title role in You're a good man Charlie Brown. Anthony was supposed to leave on October 16th, so Josh Cohen took over as Mark for about 10 days before Joe McFadden joined the cast. |
| 14 November 1998 : | Krysten Cummings (Mimi) left the cast for a few months. |
| 16 November 1998 : | Laura Dias (AKA Maya) took over as Mimi for a few months after having played the part within the Benny cast. |
| 18 December 1998 : | Adrian Lewis Morgan (Roger) left the cast. |
| 31 December 1998 : | Peter Eldridge officially took over as Roger. |
| 8 January 1999 : | Andy Mace (who played in Martin Guerre in 1997-98) took over the part of Steve and became the Roger understudy. |
| 13 January 1999 : | Krysten Cummings came back to play the part of Mimi. Her official return to RENT is February 12th 1999. |
| 1 February 1999 : | Josh Cohen's first performance as Roger |
| 4 February 1999 : | Andy Mace's first performance as Roger |
| 11 February 1999 : | Last performance of Laura Dias (Mimi) |
| 12 February 1999 : | Official
return of Krysten Cummings as Mimi. She's supposed to stay 6-8 weeks.
The results of the Olivier Awards 1999 are announced and none are won by RENT which had been nominated three times (Best actress in a musical for Krysten Cummings, best new musical, best supporting actor in a musical for Wilson Jermaine Heredia). |
| 20 February 1999 : | Claudia Cadette left the cast |
| 22 February 1999 : | Loraine Velez joined the cast as the first understudy to Mimi |
| 3 March 1999 : | Loraine Velez's first performance as Mimi (at the matinee performance) |
| 24 April 1999 : | Hannah-Jane Fox (first understudy to Maureen) left the cast. Jane Doyle is the new understudy. |
| 17 May 1999 : | Loraine Velez took over as Mimi because Krysten Cummings left the show to recreate the part in the Broadway cast of RENT. |
| 20 May 1999 : | Krysten Cummings performed her last show in London. |
| 10 September 1999 : | The London production of the musical Rent has posted early closing notices for 30 October 1999 - the same day that Miss Saigon closes at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. |
| 30 October 1999 : | Last performance of the London cast of Rent. |
I would like to thank Luciana and Selina for all the precious information they provide.
Last updated : 7 Nov. 1999