Rent

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rock musical stage musical

Rent is a groundbreaking rock musical by Jonathan Larson that follows a group of struggling young artists in New York City’s East Village during the HIV/AIDS crisis.

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Rent canonical 28

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Predicate Object
instanceOf rock musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
awardYear 1996 ⓘ
basedOn La Bohème ⓘ
surface form: La bohème
basedOnWorkBy Giacomo Puccini ⓘ
bookWriter Jonathan Larson ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 1996-04-29 ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Nederlander Theatre ⓘ
composer Jonathan Larson ⓘ
creator Jonathan Larson ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Chris Columbus ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
rock musical ⓘ
inspiredFilm Rent (2005 film) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Jonathan Larson ⓘ
notableCharacter Angel Dumott Schunard ⓘ
Benjamin Coffin III ⓘ
Joanne Jefferson ⓘ
Mark Cohen ⓘ
Maureen Johnson ⓘ
Mimi Marquez ⓘ
surface form: Mimi Márquez

Roger Davis ⓘ
Tom Collins ⓘ
notableFor depicting the HIV/AIDS crisis in New York City ⓘ
portraying struggling young artists in the East Village ⓘ
notableSong La Vie Bohème ⓘ
Light My Candle ⓘ
One Song Glory ⓘ
Rent (song) ⓘ
Seasons of Love ⓘ
Take Me or Leave Me ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalProductionType Off-Broadway ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereDate 1994-01-25 ⓘ
premiereLocation New York Theatre Workshop ⓘ
settingCity New York City ⓘ
settingLocation East Village ⓘ
surface form: East Village, Manhattan
settingTime early 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
subject HIV/AIDS ⓘ
LGBT themes ⓘ
bohemian lifestyle ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
transferredTo Broadway ⓘ
wonAward Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ

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Pet Shop Boys → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
Chris Columbus → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
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TriBeCa Productions → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
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subject surface form: Jonathan Larson Grants
Rosario Dawson → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
Michael Barnathan → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
Menzel → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
subject surface form: Idina Menzel
Taye Diggs → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
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Idina Kim Mentzel → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
Idina Kim Mentzel → debutWork → Rent ⓘ
What Have I Done to Deserve This? → singleChronologyNext → Rent ⓘ
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Michael Greif → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
Michael Greif → directed → Rent ⓘ
Jeffrey Seller → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
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Prince of Wales Theatre → hostedProduction → Rent ⓘ
Sherie Rene Scott → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
Mark Radcliffe → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
Christopher Joseph Columbus → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
Jesse L. Martin → notableWork → Rent ⓘ
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