| "Rent" is a typical story of love, friendship, and | | | | "Rent" opened on Broadway at the Nederlander |
| community. Yet, there is something in this show that | | | | Theatre on April 29, 2006 with a huge applause. It won |
| has made it enter into its 12th wonderful year on | | | | the Tony Award for the Best Musical as well as the |
| Broadway! This show has brought a wave of change | | | | Pulitzer Prize for Drama in the same year. In the |
| in the thinking of the new generation, plus their attitude | | | | words of New York Times critic, Ben Brantley, "Rent |
| towards musical theatre. | | | | shimmers with hope for the future of the American |
| "Rent" is the version of "La Boheme", Giacomo | | | | musical." |
| Puccini's evergreen opera of 1896. It features a group | | | | The musical stars Adam Pascal in the role of Roger. |
| of French artistes who struggle to make a living in | | | | He is famous for his performance as Radames in |
| Paris. The late Jonathan Larson, the creator of the | | | | "Aida" and as Emcee in "Cabaret." Then, we have |
| musical version, altered the location to the East village | | | | Anthony Rapp in the role of Mark Rapp. His recently |
| of New York City. He changed the professions of the | | | | released memoir titled "Without You," talks about his |
| characters. The opera had a struggling poet and | | | | experience. Tamyra Gray plays the role of Mimi in |
| painter, whereas this Broadway musical has a | | | | "Rent." She came in the limelight after being positioned |
| struggling songwriter and filmmaker. Besides this, he | | | | at the fourth place in the first season of the famous |
| picked social activism as the subplot of the story. With | | | | TV show American Idol. She is better known for her |
| such alterations and new insertions, he managed to | | | | role in "Bombay Dreams", which was her debut |
| revolutionize musical theatre in America. | | | | Broadway show. |
| "Rent" is a beautiful depiction of how a group of | | | | It's not easy to get tickets for "Rent." So, if you are |
| talented people from the East Village, strive to carve a | | | | interested in watching this show, you better choose |
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| today's indifferent society. The musical consists of a | | | | They are dialing a number or logging online. There are |
| series of powerful songs. It dares to touch | | | | higher chances that the ticketing service will arrange |
| controversial subjects such as, drug addiction, AIDS, | | | | for tickets of your choice show. |
| and homelessness. The show deals with such issues | | | | Watch "Rent." It inspires you to pursue your own |
| with compassion and manages to attract the attention | | | | dreams. Watching the struggling artists sends a surge |
| of the audience in huge numbers, with its touching tale | | | | of motivation across your mind to strive until you |
| of dreams, hopes, and ambitions. | | | | succeed. |
| This euphoric rock musical had its first off-Broadway | | | | Al is the webmaster of the Rent Broadway Tickets |
| performance at New York Theatre Workshop in the | | | | site, a New York City entertainment website with |
| month of January 1996. Unfortunately, the creator of | | | | reviews and news on every event, as well as Rent |
| this show, Jonathan Larson, passed away all of a | | | | Broadway tickets information. |
| sudden on the eve of the first performance. Later, | | | | |