| Rent is now a must see show. It is a story of a | | | | great critical acclaim, and years of word of mouth |
| songwriter, with not a penny in his pocket. It is about his | | | | popularity. As on December 31, 2006, Rent has had |
| love for a young woman, whose illness is increasingly | | | | 4,457 performances, is the overall seventh longest |
| consuming her, but his love for her never diminishes. It | | | | running show, and is the third longest currently running |
| is a story of Rodolfo - a poet turned punk rocker. It is | | | | show on Broadway - with only Beauty and the Beast, |
| a story of Mimi - a dancer at an S&M nightclub, who | | | | and Phantom of the Opera ahead of it. |
| has tuberculosis, and is now infected, with AIDS. It is a | | | | Rent was nominated for ten categories in the 1996 |
| story of a painter, Marcello, aspiring to be a filmmaker. | | | | Tony Awards, and won four of them, for: |
| It is plain and simple, a story of love. Love enduring all | | | | Best Musical, |
| obstacles. | | | | Best Book of a Musical - Jonathan Larson, |
| Based on La Bohème, by Puccini, Rent is | | | | Best Original Score - Jonathan Larson, |
| relocated to East Village, New York, in the times of | | | | Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical - |
| AIDS. It is a Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize winner, | | | | Wilson Jermaine Heredia. |
| and is one of the first musicals to feature gay, bisexual, | | | | It won six of the ten categories it was nominated for |
| lesbian, and transgender characters, on Broadway. It | | | | the Drama Desk Awards, won a Pulitzer Prize for |
| has brought topics controversial to the then prevailing | | | | Drama in 1996, as well as two Theater World Awards |
| culture, contrary to the then existing traditionally | | | | in 1996 for Outstanding New Talent - Adam Pascal |
| conservative theater scene. Such topics have made | | | | and Daphne Rubin-Vega. |
| musicals popular with the younger generation. Bringing | | | | Procuring Tickets |
| in ethnically diverse cast, including racial minorities, in its | | | | Rent show tickets can be procured from the box |
| leading roles is credited to Rent. | | | | office at the Nederlander Theater, provided you have |
| Rent has completed more than 10 years of continuous | | | | the patience to stand in the long queues! If not, you can |
| run on Broadway. On April 24, 2006, the entire original | | | | alternately depend on the ticket brokers, who are quite |
| cast of Rent celebrated 10 years on Broadway with a | | | | competent to handle your Rent show tickets for you. |
| special performance. Its first performance in New York | | | | Licensed ticket brokers are members of the National |
| City was on February 13, 1996, at the New York | | | | Association of Ticket Brokers, and work under a code |
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| Broadway at the Nederlander Theater on April 16, | | | | requirements for your Rent show tickets |
| 1996, and opened on April 29, 1996. | | | | professionally, and ensure that your tickets are |
| This extremely popular Broadway show has enjoyed | | | | delivered to you well in time for the show. |