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Rent


Playing at

Nederlander Theater

Awards 

Rent was a 1996 Tony® Awards winner and won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Show Site

Site for Rent

Broadway Musical

Previews  April 16 1996
Opened April 29 1996
Closed  September 7 2008

Run  16 previews & 5,123 performances

Running Time  2 hrs 45 mins | 1 intermission

Tickets  $25 to $100

Rush $20 tickets available by lottery 2 1/2 hours prior to performance | Seats are in first two rows | 2 tickets per valid ID | Cash only | Subject to change

Prices do not include any taxes, service charges or other charges

Performances

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          2:00P 2:00P
8:00P 8:00P   8:00P 8:00P 8:00P 7:00P

 

Producers

Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S Gordon, New York Theatre Workshop

Creative

Jonathan Larson book, music & lyrics

Tim Weil music supervisor & arrangements

Marlies Yearby choreographer
Michael Greif director

Angela Wendt costume design
Blake Burba lighting design
Paul Clay scenic design

Opening Night Cast    
Taye Diggs Benjamin Coffin III  
Wilson Jermaine Heredia Angel Schunard  
Jesse L Martin Tom Collins  
Idina Menzel Maureen Johnson  
Adam Pascal Roger Davis  
Anthony Rapp Mark Cohen  
Daphne Rubin-Vega Mimi Marquez  
Fredi Walker Joanne Jefferson  
Rodney Hicks Paul
Cop
 
Kristen Lee Kelly Mark's Mom  
Gilles Chiasson Steve
Man with A Squeegee
Waiter
 
Aiko Nakasone Alexi Darling
Roger's Mom
 
Timothy Britten Parker Gordon
The Man
Mr Grey
 
Gwen Stewart Mrs Jefferson
Woman with Bags
 
Bryan Utley Christmas Caroler
Mr Jefferson
Pastor
 
     

Synopsis

Rent is the late Jonathan Larson's version of Puccini's La Boheme, the ever-popular opera in which a group of French artistes struggle to survive in the garrets above Paris. Larson changed the locale to New York City's East Village, updated the characters occupations (a songwriter and filmmaker as opposed to a poet and painter, for example) and chose a subplot of social activism. Along the way he's managed to change the face of musical theater in America

Notes

One telling point in the producers' efforts to keep the show tied to its rock roots is the stipulation in audition calls, "No Broadway songs!" So, do you want to be in Rent? All it takes to start is a photo and a piece of paper. Check out Wanna Be In Rent to find out how

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