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Rent (stylized in all caps) is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson. [1] Loosely based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa, it tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan's East Village, in the thriving days of the bohemian culture of Alphabet City ...
Rent is a 2005 American musical drama film directed by Chris Columbus. It is an adaptation of Jonathan Larson 's 1996 Broadway musical of the same name , in turn based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini , Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa , which is itself based on the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger .
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway is a 2008 film of the final performance of the original Broadway production of the musical Rent on September 7, 2008, with some footage of the closing night celebration. The film had a limited theatrical release between September 24 and 28, 2008, in more than 500 theaters with high definition digital projection ...
After Larson's death in 1996, Leacock asked David Auburn, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Proof, to reconfigure Tick, Tick... Boom! . He restructured the monologue into a three-actor musical, [ 3 ] with one actor playing Jon and the other two actors playing Michael and Susan, as well as all the other roles in the show.
On May 5 2009, Ghostlight Records Inc. released Next to Normal (Original Broadway Cast Recording) on streaming platforms and as a CD, featuring the performers and orchestrations of the 2009 production. For the show's 15th anniversary, the album was remastered with Tom Kitt's oversight, reusing the original vocal performances by the Broadway ...
A Broadway transfer of the 2018 West End revival opened December 9, 2021, to broad acclaim. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Marianne Elliott once again directed, [ 58 ] and Patti LuPone reprised her role as Joanne, with Katrina Lenk as Bobbie, [ 62 ] choreography by Liam Steel, music supervision and direction by Joel Fram, scenic and costume designs by ...
In 1899, Christian arrives at the Montmartre district of Paris from Lima, Ohio, where he meets bohemians Toulouse-Lautrec and Santiago, who are attempting to create a play with songs in it. The two are impressed by Christian's musical and songwriting talents and ask for help to get their work produced at the Moulin Rouge.
As of October 2017, it was the ninth longest-running Broadway show and the longest-running jukebox musical in Broadway history. On 18 April 2013, it was announced that Mamma Mia! would transfer from its home at the Winter Garden Theatre to the Broadhurst Theatre later that year to make way for the musical adaptation of Rocky . [ 17 ]