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April 9th, 2010

Vanessa Hudgens will star as HIV-positive stripper Mimi in this summer’s Hollywood Bowl production of “Rent.”

The three-night staging in August marks Neil Patrick Harris’ directorial debut.

Best known for Disney’s “High School Musical” juggernaut, Hudgens won over Harris to play a very different role.

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February 26th, 2010

Neil Patrick Harris is set to make his musical directorial debut.

The “How I Met Your Mother” star will direct “Rent” at the Hollywood Bowl this summer. Harris played Mark Cohen in both the Los Angeles and second national touring productions of the iconic, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.

This summer’s production, however, will mark the first time Harris directs.

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