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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: Live is an American television special that was broadcast by Fox on January 27, 2019. It is a partially live [a] production of the 1996 Tony Award-winning musical Rent, which 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 Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
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.
The original Broadway production was directed by Susan Stroman and starred Lilli Cooper (Chris), Lea DeLaria (Bernadette), Rachel Dratch (Stephanie), Julianne Hough (Dusty), Suzy Nakamura (Jean), Julie White (Harriet), and Vanessa Williams (Margaret).
Original Broadway performer Closing Night Broadway performer Leonard The seminar's professor, he has long, dramatic history as a writer. Alan Rickman: Jeff Goldblum: Martin A writer who is struggling financially. He is afraid to show his work to anyone. Hamish Linklater: Justin Long: Douglas Nephew of a famous playwright from Harvard.
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 ...