Rent (stage production)

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Rent (stage production) is a landmark rock musical by Jonathan Larson that follows a group of young artists struggling with love, poverty, and the AIDS crisis in New York City's East Village.

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Rent (stage production) canonical 3
Rent (Broadway production) 2
Rent (musical) 1

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
authorDeathRelatedFact Jonathan Larson died the day of the Off-Broadway premiere NERFINISHED
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED
basedOn La bohème NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkBy Giacomo Puccini NERFINISHED
bookWriter Jonathan Larson NERFINISHED
broadwayDebutDate 1996-04-29
broadwayPerformances 5123
broadwayRunEnd 2008-09-07
broadwayRunStart 1996-04-29
broadwayTheatre Nederlander Theatre NERFINISHED
choreographer Marlies Yearby NERFINISHED
composer Jonathan Larson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Jonathan Larson NERFINISHED
director Michael Greif NERFINISHED
genre drama
rock musical
hasFilmAdaptation Rent (2005 film) NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist Jonathan Larson NERFINISHED
notableCharacter Angel Dumott Schunard NERFINISHED
Benjamin Coffin III NERFINISHED
Joanne Jefferson NERFINISHED
Mark Cohen NERFINISHED
Maureen Johnson NERFINISHED
Mimi Márquez NERFINISHED
Roger Davis NERFINISHED
Tom Collins NERFINISHED
notableFor depiction of the AIDS crisis
portrayal of bohemian life in New York City
use of rock music in musical theatre
notableOriginalCastMember Adam Pascal NERFINISHED
Anthony Rapp NERFINISHED
Daphne Rubin-Vega NERFINISHED
Fredi Walker NERFINISHED
Idina Menzel NERFINISHED
Jesse L. Martin NERFINISHED
Taye Diggs NERFINISHED
Wilson Jermaine Heredia NERFINISHED
notableSong I'll Cover You NERFINISHED
La Vie Bohème NERFINISHED
Light My Candle NERFINISHED
One Song Glory NERFINISHED
Out Tonight NERFINISHED
Rent NERFINISHED
Seasons of Love NERFINISHED
Take Me or Leave Me NERFINISHED
orchestrator Steve Skinner NERFINISHED
premiereCity New York City NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1994-01-25
premiereLocation New York Theatre Workshop NERFINISHED
producer Allan S. Gordon NERFINISHED
Jeffrey Seller NERFINISHED
Kevin McCollum NERFINISHED
New York Theatre Workshop NERFINISHED
settingLocation East Village, Manhattan NERFINISHED
New York City
subject HIV/AIDS NERFINISHED
LGBTQ+ relationships
bohemian lifestyle
friendship
love
poverty
timePeriod early 1990s
late 1980s

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this entity surface form: Rent (musical)
Jesse L. Martin appearedIn Rent (stage production)
this entity surface form: Rent (stage musical)
Karen Olivo debutWork Rent (stage production)
this entity surface form: Rent (Broadway production)
Karen Olivo performedIn Rent (stage production)
this entity surface form: Rent (Broadway production)