Books:
McDonnell, Evelyn and Katherine Silberger. 1997. Rent: Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson. Melcher Media, Inc. New York, NY.
This book recaps the history of Rent, taking a behind the scenes look at how it was created and produced through interviews with those who helped make it. It also references the life of author Jonathan Larson and how his life and his sudden death right before the show's premier affected the production.
Schulman, Sarah. 1998. Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America. Sarah Schulman, Inc.
Schulman compares her own novel, People in Trouble, with Rent and discusses how AIDS and gay people and communities are represented in America through art and theater.
Websites:
Rent The Musical on Broadway and on National Tour http://www.siteforrent.com/ - the official website for Rent the musical
Rent (2005) Official Site http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/rent/index.html - the official website for the film version of Rent
Voices for Rent http://www.voicesforrent.com/voices/index.html - the official Rent fan website; message boards, chats, blogs, and posts about Rent for fans and a place where fans can interact
Cyberland http://members.aol.com/RENTQueen/body.html - a fan-created website for e-mail discussion, and a fan's view of Jonathan Larson's life.
Other media:RENT: The Podcast - A series of podcasts interviewing the cast, crew, and fans of Rent
Rent on DVD. 1492 Pictures, Revolution Studios, Directed by Chris Columbus. 2005. - The film version of the Broadway show. Also on the DVD - "No Day But Today": a documentary about Jonathan Larson's life and the creation of Rent; commentary on the film by the director and selected cast members.
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It looks like you're off to an excellent start! As I know from my own research, having so much web-based material available can be overwhelming. I encourage you to set some specific goals so that you commit yourself to, say, spending an hour on a particular day reading a particular fansite forum and making notes on it (these would qualify as "fieldnotes" for your blog). Also, here are a couple of scholarly references that may be useful:
Kapchan, Deborah A. 1995. "Performance." Journal of American Folklore 108(430):479-508. [Provides a useful and thought-provoking definition of performance; you'll see that I use it in my own GTA article. You might think comparatively about onstage performances of the show and fans' performances of their fandom.]
Hills, Matt. 2002. Fan Cultures. New York: Routledge. [Obviously relevant...]
Jenkins, Henry. 2006. Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture. New York: New York University Press. [This guy has written lots of relevant stuff about fandom. A lot of his work is also available on his MIT website, http://web.mit.edu/cms/People/henry3/publications.html.]
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