Rent (Original Broadway Production)
- Previews
- April 16th, 1996
- Opening
- April 29th, 1996
- Closing
- September 7th, 2008
- Status
- Closed
- Overall Rating
- 4.67 / 5, based on 3 reviews
- Categories
- Drama Musical
Synopsis
This fresh and daring spin on Puccini's La Boheme follows the triumps and tragedies of eight young Greenwich Village bohemians. Mark, Roger, Mimi and their urban tribe of friends and lovers search for inspiration, passiona nd identity in a world rife with heartache and pain. As the spectre of the AIDS virus looms and threatens to cut short their time together, this small band of artists and thinkers finds beauty in the grit and grime of Manhattan and comes to realize that there is, truly, "no day but today.
Cast
Original Broadway Cast: Gilles Chiasson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rodney Hicks, Kristen Lee Kelly, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Aiko Nakasone, Timothy Britten Parker, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gwen Stewart, Byron Utley, Fredi Walker
Creative
- Music by: Jonathan Larson
- Lyrics by: Jonathan Larson
- Book by: Jonathan Larson
- Music arranged by: Steve Skinner
- Direction: Michael Greif
- Choreography: Marlies Yearby
- Scenic Design: Paul Clay
- Costume Design: Angel Wendt
- Lighting Design: Blake Burba
- Sound Design: Kurt Fischer
- Wig, Hair and Make-Up Designer: David Santana
