Age Guidance: 16+
This production contains mature themes, occasional strong language, and scenes of a sexual nature. Recommended for audiences aged 16 and over. Parental discretion is advised.
Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a pop cultural phenomenon with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages.
Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The physical and emotional complications of the disease pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, and Angel. Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble. Benny has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves, and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical.
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson.
Musical Arrangements by Steve Skinner.
Original Concept / Additional Lyrics by Billy Aronson.
Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements by Tim Weil.
Dramaturg by Lynn Thomson.
RENT was originally produced in New York by New York Theatre Workshop and on Broadway by Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S. Gordon and New York Theatre Workshop.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
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