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Rent

Book, Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Produced by Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S. Gordon and the New York Theatre Workshop
Directed by Michael Greif
Choreography by Marlies Yearby
Opened April 29, 1996 at the Nederlander Theatre

Synopsis

Rent deals with starving artists living in New York City's East Village. It focuses on the lives of Mark, a film-maker, who's girlfriend, Maureen, a drama queen performance-artist-turned-lesbian, leaves him for another woman, Joanne who is an attorney. Mark lives with his roommate Roger, a struggling musician who just wants to write "one great song" before he dies of AIDS.

One day he meets Mimi, an S&M dancer also with AIDS, and who is addicted to heroin.They fall in love. Mark and Roger's ex-roommate Tom Collins, a philosopher, who has just returned from M.I.T meets and falls in love with Angel, a Latino street-drummer/drag queen.They also have AIDS. Mark and Roger are continuosly hounded by their ex-roommate Benny, who is now their extremely wealthy landlord begging them for the rent. It focuses on a year in their lives, and their struggles of paying the rent, eviction, death, drugs, and living one day at a time.

Song List

Act I

Tune Up #1 ..............Mark, Roger, Mrs. Cohen,
Voice Mail #1 ..............Mark, Roger, Mrs. Cohen,
.......................Collins, Benny
Rent ......................The Company
You Okay Honey?..............................Angel, Collins
One Song Glory .......................................Roger
Light My Candle .................................Roger, Mimi
Tune Up #2
Voice Mail #2..........................Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson
Today 4 U.............................................Angel
You'll See...............Benny, Mark, Collins, Roger, Angel
Tango: Maureen.................................Mark, Joanne
Life Support......................Paul, Gordon, The Company
Out Tonight..........................................Mimi
Another Day........................Roger, Mimi, The Company
Will I?..................................Steve, The Company
On the Street...................................The Company
Santa Fe ............................Collins and The Company
I'll Cover You ..............................Angel, Collins
We're Okay...........................................Joanne
Christmas Bells.................................The Company
Over the Moon.......................................Maureen
La Vie Boheme/I Should Tell You.................The Company

ACT II

Seasons Of Love ................................The Company
Happy New Year
Voice Mail #3..............Mimi, Roger, Mark,
Happy New Year B..........Maureen, Joanne, Collins,Angel, Mrs.
................. Cohen, Alexi Darling, Benny
Take Me Or Leave Me .........................Maureen, Joanne
Without You .....................................Roger, Mimi
Voice Mail #4.................................Alexi Darling
Contact .........................................The Company
I'll Cover You (Reprise) ................Collins, The Company
Halloween ...........................................Mark
Goodbye, Love....................Mark, Mimi, Roger, Maureen,
................... Joanne, Collins, Benny
What You Own, ..........Pastor, Mark, Collins, Benny, Roger
Voice Mail #5...................Roger's Mom, Mimi's Mom, Mr.
.................... Jefferson, Mrs. Cohen
Your Eyes, .........................Roger
Finale B .........................Roger, The Company

Info

Original Cast included: Gilles Chaisson, 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

Awards

Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Best American Drama
Winner of the 1996 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical.
Winner of the 1996 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical.
Winner of the 1996 Drama League Award for Best Musical.
Winner of six 1996 Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, Book, Score, and Lyrics.
Winner of four 1996 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book (both Jonathan Larson) and Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Wilson Jermaine Heredia).

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