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Adam Pascal will direct a production of Rent coming to Long island's From Stage to Screen this summer. Auditions will be held this month.  Performances will run July 28-30.

Rent è un musical rock scritto e composto da Jonathan Larson e ispirato all'opera La bohème di Giacomo Puccini; prende, dunque, libera ispirazione da un 'classico', come accaduto per altri musical di grandissima popolarità quali il 'Moulin Rouge!', che si basa su 'La Traviata' di Giuseppe Verdi, o il Phantom of the Opera di Andrew Loyd Webber, che ha trovato ispirazione ne 'Le Fantôme de l'Opéra' di Gaston Leroux, o ancora 'Les Misérables' di Claude-Michel Schönberg ,tratto dal romanzo di Victor Hugo).

Andy Mientus (“Spring Awakening”), Krystina Alabado (“Mean Girls”) and Noah J. Ricketts (“Disney’s Frozen”) will star in a new production of Jonathan Larson’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!” as part of Bucks County Playhouse’s 2023 Season. 

The Pulitzer Prize Board will present the 2023 award winners for Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Who will win this year? Tune in right here at 3pm to watch the announcement live!

The Pulitzer Prize Board has just announced that English, by Sanaz Toossi has won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other finalists included: On Sugarland by Aleshea Harris and The Far Country by Lloyd Suh.

The Muny has announced that three-time Tony nominated actor Robin De Jesús, Patti Murin, Michael McGrath, Ryan Vasquez and Nicholas Ward will star in the comedy to die for, Little Shop of Horrors, July 25-31, 2023.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) and Steven Maler, Artistic Director, announce the complete cast and creative team for this summer's production of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth on the Boston Common.

Following his successful direction of I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change, TJ Taylor will direct “The Showstoppers”, the crème de la crème of Sing’theatre Academy, to perform one of the most popular musicals of the 21st century…RENT! 

The Museum of Broadway's inaugural special exhibit, The American Theatre As Seen by Hirschfeld, has been extended by popular demand.

New Conservatory Theatre Center has announced the line-up for a daring 2023-24 Season, continuing their decades-long commitment to creating new works with three world premieres, as well as producing two cult-hit musicals, a West Coast premiere, and an exciting limited holiday engagement with Katya Smirnoff-Skyy. 

Connecticut Repertory Theatre rounds out its 2022-2023 season with Jonathan Larsons’s revolutionary rock musical, RENT. This Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Pulitzer Prize winning musical previews April 20 and runs April 21 – April 30 in the Nafe Katter Theatre in the UConn Fine Arts Complex.

Have you ever wondered what was the most dramatic night in Broadway history? Well, boy, do I have a story for you! The year: 1980. The show: 42nd Street. I sat down with the show’s lead, the iconic and peerless Lee Roy Reams to get the true story straight from someone who was actually there that momentous evening.

RENT opens Friday, February 10, 2023 at the Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP). This is the first time that OCP has produced this iconic show.

TEMAN (Teater Musikal Nusantara) did what many Indonesian thespians thought impossible: bring Jonathan Larson’s 1996 RENT to the country. The show’s themes — which proved to be just as relevant in 2022, if not more so — were powerfully brought to life through effective direction, heartrending performances, and delightful production design.

The Players Club of Swarthmore is elated to bring Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winning musical to their Main Stage. RENT changed the landscape of musical theatre back in 1996 and is still changing minds and hearts today.

What did our critic think of RENT at Porchlight Music Theatre? Jonathan Larson’s 1996 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical RENT comes to life in a Porchlight production that captures the ethos of the original Broadway production. It also reinvigorates the fresh energy of the musical’s message about love, acceptance, and living in the moment.

Although it’s been romanticized and idealized in sitcoms like “Friends,” the wilderness years of the modern twentysomething has been most accurately captured in Jonathan Larson’s seminal work RENT. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1996 and subsequently became a phenomenon that’s influenced virtually every musical to follow in its wake.

Thanks to the rousing performances of director Micah-Shane Brewer’s talented company who have brought the show to vivid life for Nashville audiences, Rent provides a noteworthy opening to the company’s 38th season. Performed with commitment and sharp focus by a cast of young performers, this revival of Rent proves the show’s timelessness, the score’s resonance and the story’s relevance well into the 21st century.

North Texas Performing Arts Repertory Theatre will open their 2022-2023 season with the Broadway smash-hit, winner of 4 Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and pop-culture phenomenon Rent, performing Sept. 9-18 at the Rodenbaugh Theatre at Willow Bend Center of the Arts.

Coeurage Ensemble, LA's Pay What You Want performance company, has announced its first in person production since Under Milk Wood during the summer of 2019 — Jonathan Larson’s ​Rent.

Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning rock musical Rent takes over Portland Center Stage hot off its 25th anniversary. Rent will be directed by PCS's Associate Artistic Director Chip Miller. It begins previews on May 21, opens on May 27, and runs through July 10 on the U.S. Bank Main Stage. The production, originally slated to run through June 26, has already been extended due to strong ticket sales.

Broadway in Hollywood today announced a digital lottery for RENT at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, for all 8 performances between April 12 – 17, 2022.

RENT's 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour, directed by Evan Ensign, is a reminder of the decades of love that this musical has brought to so many people, especially the LGBTQIA+ community.

The American Theatre Guild presents the Colorado Springs engagement of RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour at the Pikes Peak Center. This production is part of the BROADWAY IS BACK AT THE PIKES PEAK CENTER SERIES and will take the stage April 5, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.