Set in the East Village of New York City, RENT SCHOOL EDITION is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, it has become a pop cultural phenomenon with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages.
Based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, RENT SCHOOL EDITION follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The physical and emotional complications of the disease pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, and Angel. Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble. Benny has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves, and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical.
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Jelly's Last Jam
Pasadena Playhouse (5/29 - 6/23) | ||
Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life
Hollywood Bowl (6/29 - 6/29) | ||
Juneteenth Celebration: T-Pain Plus Special Guests
Hollywood Bowl (6/19 - 6/19) | ||
Opening Night at the Bowl: Henry Mancini 100th Celebration
Hollywood Bowl (6/23 - 6/23) | ||
space exploration because SPACE EXPLORATION because sPaCe eXpLoRaTiOn!!!
Madnani Theater (6/10 - 6/30)
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MY DAD AND THE NANNY
Thymele Arts, Kansas Room (6/20 - 6/30)
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Revenge of the Space Pandas
Banzerini House (6/26 - 6/30) COMEDY | ||
Scheherazade
Hollywood Bowl (7/9 - 7/9) | ||
Harlem Nights: Duke, Ella and the Legacy of the Harlem Renissance
Pasadena POPS (6/29 - 6/29) | ||
Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID
La Mirada Theatre (5/31 - 6/23) | ||
Marvel Studios’ Infinity Saga Concert Experience
Hollywood Bowl (8/30 - 8/30) | ||
Adopted by Appalachians
Madnani (Main Space) (6/8 - 6/23) | ||
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