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Rent Synopsis & Storyline
Rent is the smash hit musical that's infusing and reinventing
Broadway nightly with its own brand of youthful energy. Jonathan
Larson's rock musical is the joyous, breathtaking and inspiring story
of a group of New York City East Village artists struggling to find
their voices and find love in today's tough times.
Based on Giacomo Puccini's classic 1896 opera, La Boheme,
Rent boasts a talented and hot young cast singing some of
Broadway's most powerful songs, broaching controversial themes like
homelessness, AIDS and drug addiction with compassion, and thrilling
audiences of all ages with its moving tale of hopes and dreams.
The show burst upon the theater scene after its creator, Larson, died
suddenly on the eve of the show's first performance off-Broadway at
New York Theatre Workshop in January 1996. The show then opened to
raves on Broadway, winning that year's Tony Award for Best Musical and
the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. New York Times critic Ben
Brantley raved that Rent "shimmers with hope for the future of
the American musical."
Where?
Nederlander Theatre
208 West 41st Street
New York
When?
Monday-Tuesday - 8PM
Thursday-Saturday - 8PM
Saturday & Sunday - 2PM
Sunday - 7PM
How Long?
2 hrs 45 minutes with one
intermission
Started:
April 16, 1996
Opened:
April 29, 1996
Cast:
Christopher J. Hanke
as Mark
Tim Howar as Roger
Justin Johnston as
Angel
Jaime Lee Kirchner as Mimi
Troy Horne as
Tom Collins
Nicolette Hart as Maureen
Tonya Dixon as
Joanne
D'Monroe as
Benny
Frenchie Davis as "Seasons of Love" soloist and others
Book, Music & Lyrics by
Jonathan Larson
Directed by Michael Greif
Choreographed by Marlies Yearby
Set Design by Paul Clay
Costume Design by Angela Wendt
Lighting Design by Blake Burba
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