Vanessa will be working again with Beastly-star Neil Patrick Harris, this time she’ll be doing it the broadway way!
NPH casted Vanessa for his directing debut: Rent, where she will play the HIV-positive exotic dancer and drug addicted Mimi.
There is no word in any other cast info but we have something that Neil Patrick Harris told about Vanessa’s casting:

She came in for a work session, and I must say, Vanessa really impressed. She looks amazing, has great vocal chops, and seems really committed to honoring the somewhat iconic role of Mimi. I look forward to audiences seeing a dark, edgy, and very different side of Vanessa Hudgens this August.

We’re looking forward to it too! Rent will be played from August 6-8, as a part of the summer’s Hollywood Bowl production.

In other news I’ve also added 40 new HQ pictures of Vanessa, Zac Efron, Monique Coleman and Kenny Ortega at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital “Estrellas por la Vida” gala, April 6.