The Pulitzer-winning musical live on stage! Rent Rent. Don't miss this local production of Rent, one of theater's most vibrant, bold, and important musicals! Driven by an energetic pace that never lets up, Rent is overflowing with great songs and characters and ultimately forms an electrifying portrait of life and love flourishing in the face of adversity. It's one of Broadway's best-loved musicals, and it's coming to you!
Rent originally opened amidst tragedy in , with its author Jonathan Larson dying unexpectedly just hours before the show's Off-Broadway premiere. The huge acclaim which greeted his creation ensured his place in theatrical history though, with Variety calling it "the best show in years, if not decades".
Rent was subsequently adapted for the screen in , with many of the original Broadway cast, including Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs and Anthony Rapp, reprising their roles. Like its inspiration, Puccini's La Boheme, Rent follows the lives of a band of bohemians who are struggling to keep their heads above water.
The starving artists include film-maker Mark, whose girlfriend Maureen has left him for another woman, and his HIV positive roommate Roger, who is trying to write "the" song before dying. The original Broadway production ran for an incredible 12 years and 5, performances, making it the tenth-longest-running Broadway show in history!
No day but today!! Rent rocks. Image from Unsplash. Alert on return Alert me. No Day But Today! Did You Know? Recomended for mature audiences, contains strong language and sex references. Two hours and 30 minutes with one interval. Finished Sep 29, Customer reviews. I've seen RENT 5 times and am seeing it again in a few weeks.
