More musicals on screen

Another musical has come to the screen by the hands of Chris Columbus, most known for Harry Potter 1 and 2 and Home Alone. I haven’t seen RENT yet though am curious – especially since I hit the streets of New York City in the 80’s as a young NYU student and Alphabet City was really scary then. Really! They filmed most of it in the Lower East Side though had to recreate one number in Oakland. Oakland as the East Village? Geez…