Flashback Friday: Idina Menzel and Anthony Rapp in Original Production of Rent

Twenty years ago today, Jonathan Larson's landmark musical Rent officially opened at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre. The rock opera would go on to play more than 5,000 performances over the course of its 12-year run, and launch the careers of Broadway favorites like Idina Menzel, Anthony Rapp, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Adam Pascal. To celebrate the milestone occasion, we look back on the original production through the video montage it provided to the press back in 1996. From the title song to "Out Tonight" to "La Vie Boheme," relive this generation-defining musical below.