Annaleigh Ashford and Corbin Reid sing "Take Me Or Leave Me" from Rent

From the off-Broadway production at New World Stages, Annaleigh Ashford and Corbin Reid sing "Take Me Or Leave Me" from Rent at Broadway in Bryant Park. August 4, 2011

[@totaljekkie]

I love this Joanne and I totally buy them as a couple.

[@miggy90200]

Amy Katrina Bryan Corbin is my cousin! I love this performance and I'm glad you do too!

[@rachelgreene9419]

I love Annaleigh's Maureen! In my mind Idina IS Maureen, but this interperatation is great too, and she has every right to put her own spin on the character. I'm not sure if i love the Joanne though

[@gforce6902]

ya I noticed how this joanne's different but I kinda like it? I feel like joanne is usually played as being so straight-and-narrow and kinda uptight or oldfashioned but I notice in this version she's kinda giving off the same energy as Maureen. it almost makes more sense because that's the kind of Joanne you could understand maureen falling in love with yk? idk the two of them together never made much sense to me the way most people play Joanne but this interpretation has more of a fierce side that has a more believable chemistry with Maureen

[@BeccaJing]

Just saw this last night! it was incredible, and these two were super amazing in it !!!!!! A must-see for all rent lovers!

[@laurenjeanybeany]

this was FANTASTIC. annaleigh and corbin have such amazing voices and they mesh so well together. this is so much different than the original, and that's why it's amazing! i could actually see this happening in alphabet city in 2012. they make this so real.

[@roberto41494]

Annaleigh is amazing. Saw her in the actual show... She was hilarious!! And her voice was great!

[@biamallard]

i find it ironic glinda is playing maureen just cuz obviously both idina and eden played her but were both elphaba lol

[@briankushniruk1022]

Annaleigh's voice has matured since legally blonde and Wicked. Plus in theatre the point isn't to recreate the original. It's to create something that captures the essence of the original and puts their own twist on it. That goes with characters. No one can be Idina as Maureen. Only Idina can be. Annaleigh's Maureen is the Maureen that she created with the original character in mind with the directors guidance. Don't hate. Just enjoy the fabulous form of art known as theatre and all the freedom

[@gforce6902]

this is exactly what theatre is about! stage roles are meant to get passed around and given new life :)

[@ThisPerfectFinale]

Annaleigh i adore you! I think she did amazing! They both sounded great

[@christopherbacon1077]

I'm getting a bit obsessed with Ashleigh I'm afraid

[@hailee176]

I’m in that stage

[@hxdbfgysDu]

she's so playful and i looooove iiiiiit

[@gforce6902]

haha you can tell they had so much fun with this song

[@aussiechick00]

i love annaleigh, she's so insane xD

[@agirlandhiscat]

Excellent!!! Love the new cast!

[@essysdean61042]

this is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!! i saw annaleigh as glinda in wicked in '08 in NYC & she was amazing in that. i want 2 c her as maureen in rent as well as of 3 min ago!!!!!

[@jessica23claire]

I miiiiiiiiiiiight have to steal that "who's in your bed?" riff. Just sayin'.

[@happyactor6]

Annaleigh sings a lot healthier than any Maureen I've ever heard- props to her for that.

[@emmakate5]

It was her first professional role when she was 19, in Ireland. Long time ago and no footage of it :(

[@sterre4ever]

I LOVE ANNALEIGH!

[@KristinandIdinagirl]

They are really good!

[@emmakate5]

Our West End Elphaba, Rachel Tucker, has played Maureen too!

[@emmakate5]

Really hoping to see her in 2 weeks time! I've only been once before, and Deej was performing - she's pretty amazing too :)

[@ebbysue1]

This is AWESOME(: I love it(:

[@Karragh]

What's Annaleigh's Over the Moon like? I can see alot of potential for that to be good.

[@lemon1110]

Love her-3

[@briankushniruk1022]

It gives to its artists

[@biamallard]

OMG I KNOW I SAW IT IN THE PROGRAMME WHEN I WANT TO SEE WICKED. IVE SEEN RACHEL 6 TIMES I LOVE HER!!!

[@avapatino6058]

chermaine321 i

[@Platinum400]

@theredfairie YES it was SO good!

[@biamallard]

haha so cool!

[@davischrisb]

Kendra Kassebaum.. the original G(a)linda from the National Tour had also previously played Maureen!

[@fluber16rox]

@karragh it was HILARIOUS!! Totally different, but amazing, the entire audience was dying with laughter.

[@DancingNCircles]

I was not expecting to like a blonde Maureen... but Annaleigh, you are an exception!

[@Bhandforth69]

Love this so much! Not as good as it was live in the show, but still awesome!! as someone said earlier tho, this was an outdoor performance, it wasn't in context!

[@TheCharGirl]

@jaszon28 Oh my god, no better way to describe her performance!!

[@WDWFanatic55]

That is true, but did you hear those nights she sang at the end. That's better than what Idina or Eden, the best Maureens, did IMO

[@TheatreKid095]

But Annaleigh at 1:08 >

[@KristinandIdinagirl]

@CleveNMLActor I pretty sure you're one of the only people who would hear songs from RENT and think that.

[@xenabear21]

I’m sorry but i think I’m going with Tracie Thoms and Eden Espinosa as the perfect Maureen and Jo

[@MsChatterbox235]

@Take0ntheWorld she barely belted this entire song. She mixed almost the whole thing!

[@MsChatterbox235]

But with that said, this had its moments

[@IsThisTourettes]

@ScipioMFortunato171 we were at the same show! (: she wa hilarious!!!

[@misscourtz1237]

YUK

[@91LisaLou]

when???!

[@BeccaJing]

@Karragh It was hilarious! Not as sexed-up as Idina's, but still really really good!

[@LaurenLaass]

I think Annaleigh is better as Glinda.

[@gabrielpotomati]

Annaleigh just doesn't convince me as Maureen.

[@CJGatsby]

@Take0ntheWorld Don't get me wrong, I love Annaleigh, just not for this song or part. She's coming off too girly.

[@MsChatterbox235]

I love annaleigh but not as Maureen Also Joanne's voice needs to be ummmmmm how should I put this....meatier than Maureen's and that crucial contrast isn't there with these two

[@ilovealfieboe11]

um.

[@lobogirl]

blegh

[@Platinum400]

@CleveNMLActor I wasn't upset I was just curious. It baffled me why you would be here. However you're showing some arrogance. Who are you to say what good musical theater is? Performing is subjective if you don't like it that doesn't make it bad that's your opinion and yours alone.

[@CJGatsby]

...no. No no no. I love Annaleigh in everything BUT this..just..no. No.

[@penlugpramest583]

I hate this version they both over sung it way too much. Keep it to the original please