Rent
| Author: Jonathan Larson | |
| Premiered: 1994 | Work Type: Musical |
| Composer: Jonathan Larson | |
| Lyricist: Jonathan Larson | |
| Description: Rent, by Jonathan Larson, is a Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning rock musical that follows a group of impoverished young artists in New York's East Village as they navigate love, loss, and life under the shadow of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s and early 1990s, loosely based on Puccini's opera La Bohème. The show, which premiered in 1996, became a cultural phenomenon for its raw portrayal of a marginalized community, its themes of chosen family, and its iconic score, all while addressing issues like poverty, addiction, and gentrification. Larson tragically passed away the night before the show's first public performance, making its success a posthumous triumph and a lasting legacy. | |
All shows for this title:
| Costa Mesa Playhouse | 7/7/2023 - 7/23/2023 |
| Long Beach Playhouse (Studio Theatre) | 10/21/2023 - 11/18/2023 |