Vanessa Hudgens: 'She Didn't Suck' in Rent

Vanessa Hudgens nervously bites her nails as she heads back to her car in West Hollywood on Thursday afternoon (August 12).

The 21-year-old actress just completed her run in RENT at the Hollywood Bowl over this past weekend and there were a lot of mixed reviews. Here’s one of the best:

From EW: “She didn’t suck….She flung herself wholeheartedly into the wall-to-wall choreography of ‘Out Tonight’ (which left her panting), and brought an endearing sweetness to the love songs, transforming Mimi from a baggage-carrying basket case into an eyelash-batting romantic. It occurred to me as I watched her skip off stage after the curtain call that her wide eyes and eager energy were possibly less a character choice and more a reaction to the thousands of people packed into the Bowl. I’m as fierce a defender of RENT as they come, and let’s just say you did not want to be near me after I saw the movie �” but against my better judgment, I liked Hudgens, and I like that she took this chance.”

FYI: Van is sporting J Brand Houlihan Cargos with her fave Brokedown Military Marble Scarf.

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