RENT Opens Tonight at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City

5th Floor Theatre Company brings Jonathan Larson's hit musical RENT to The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, tonight, September 23rd, through September 27th, 2015.

RENT was first produced in New York by New York Theatre Workshop and opened off-Broadway on January 25, 1996, featuring an ensemble cast including Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Rodney Hicks and Fredi Walker. The show transferred to Broadway in April that year, won four Tony Awards and ran for 5,123 performances.

The show was revived off-Broaday in 2011 and adapted for the big screen in 2005, featuring some of the original stage stars.

Based on Puccini's La Bohème, RENT transfers Puccini's young artists to New York City's East Village and bohemian Alphabet City at the end of the millennium. RENT is a celebration of friendship, survival, and the struggle to find meaning in life. Written by the late Jonathan Larson, RENT's score boasts songs such as "One Song Glory," "Take Me or Leave Me," "I'll Cover You," and the now iconic pop anthem "Seasons of Love."