With music, book and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, direction by Steve Bell, musical direction by Will Rich, and choreography by Diana Baer, this timeless musical reminds us to measure our lives with the only thing that truly matters — love. Based loosely on Puccini's La Bohème, 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. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves, and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical. This is theater at its best – exuberant, passionate, and joyous.
Year | Category | |
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1996 | Best Musical | Winner |
Videos
Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (2/2 - 2/2) | ||
Ladies of Laughter
Bergen PAC (2/3 - 2/3) | ||
Are You Ready For It? A Taylor Experience
State Theatre New Jersey (2/14 - 2/14) | ||
Discover Mozart & Bach
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (5/17 - 5/17) | ||
tick, tick...BOOM!
mignolo Arts Center (2/14 - 2/16) | ||
Croce Plays Croce
State Theatre New Jersey (1/11 - 1/11) | ||
Vadim Gluzman Plays Brahms
Count Basie Center for the Arts (3/22 - 3/22) | ||
Season Finale: Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (6/8 - 6/8) | ||
Masterworks in Motion
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (2/22 - 2/22) | ||
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