The Smash Hit Broadway Musical Revived
Based on Pucchini's La Boheme and the experiences of creator, the late Jonathan Larson, rock musical RENT is a ground-breaking look at a group of artists living and loving in New York City's East Village against the tumult of the HIV/AIDS outbreak. It opened on Broadway in 1996 and went on to run for 12 years, launching the careers of many musical theatre performers, including Idina Menzel.
A poet, a musician, a lawyer,a drag queen - their lives are intertwined as they fight to survive in the Big Apple and, in some cases, fight for their mortality in the shadow of one of the worst epidemics of all time. In the end,friendship, love and the ability to maintain their individuality, keeps these troubled souls together, away from isolation.
A sure-fire pop culture phenomenon, RENT teaches us to work through life with courage, living fully for the moment.