Rent Musical Research
Rent is a rock opera with music and lyrics written by Jonathan Larson. The premise of Rent is loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La Bohème. The musical tells the story of poor artists living in New York in a newly sprung up tent city as they struggle with poverty, their art and the epidemic of HIV & AIDS. The first production was performed in 1993 in Broadway and since then has been performed in the West End, Tokyo and all across the world. The production became a huge success and won a number of awards and prizes and even won a Tony award for best musical. The Broadway production closed in 2008 after a 12-year run of 5,123 performances. It being the tenth longest-running Broadway show grossing over $280 million. Rents success led to several national tours and foreign productions and in 2005 it was adapted into a film that featured many of the original cast members.
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