{"id":522202,"date":"2010-04-09T17:23:50","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T21:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=99949"},"modified":"2010-04-09T17:23:50","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T21:23:50","slug":"vanessa-hudgens-%e2%80%9crent%e2%80%9d-hollywood-bowl-neil-patrick-harris-cast-%e2%80%9chsm%e2%80%9d-alum-as-mimi-in-directorial-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/522202","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Hudgens \u201cRent\u201d Hollywood Bowl: Neil Patrick Harris Cast \u201cHSM\u201d Alum As Mimi In Directorial Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vanessa Hudgens will play Mimi, an HIV-positive dancer, in a new production of <em>Rent<\/em> taking center stage at the world-famous Hollywood Bowl this August.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/90928X1_HUDGENS_B-GR_05-500x341.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"90928X1_HUDGENS_B-GR_05\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-99968\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-99949\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The production marks the stage directorial debut of good-natured entertainer Neil Patrick Harris, who starred in the Los Angeles production of the Tony Award-winning musical in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>On casting the <em>High School Musical<\/em> alum, NPH says: <em>&#8220;She came in for a work session, and I must say, Vanessa really impressed. She looks amazing, has great vocal chops, and seems really committed to honoring the somewhat iconic role of Mimi. I look forward to audiences seeing a dark, edgy, and very different side of Vanessa Hudgens this August.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The musical runs in Los Angeles from August 6-8. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/lKDOa_sBg61AmPWJ5rz20fRXBcU\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/lKDOa_sBg61AmPWJ5rz20fRXBcU\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/lKDOa_sBg61AmPWJ5rz20fRXBcU\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/lKDOa_sBg61AmPWJ5rz20fRXBcU\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanessa Hudgens will play Mimi, an HIV-positive dancer, in a new production of Rent taking center stage at the world-famous Hollywood Bowl this August. The production marks the stage directorial debut of good-natured entertainer Neil Patrick Harris, who starred in the Los Angeles production of the Tony Award-winning musical in 1997. On casting the High [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}