China Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of RENT Starting Next Month
By: Rachel Katz Jul. 27, 2018
Starting August 30, the Rent 20th anniversary tour will be making it's way through China. On August 30, 2018 Rent will open in Shanghai before heading to Nanjing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Beijing before the end of 2018.
In 1996, an original rock musical by a little-known composer opened on Broadway... and forever changed the landscape of American theatre. Two decades later, Jonathan Larson's Rent continues to speak loudly and defiantly to audiences across generations and all over the world. And now, this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning masterpiece returns to the stage in a vibrant 20th anniversary touring production. A re-imagining of Puccini's La Bohème, RENT follows an unforgettable year in the lives of seven artists struggling to follow their dreams without selling out. With its inspiring message of joy and hope in the face of fear, this timeless celebration of friendship and creativity reminds us to measure our lives with the only thing that truly matters-love.
The show received its world premiere off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop on February 13, 1996 to ecstatic reviews and transferred to Broadway on April 29, 1996. Rent won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The Rent 20th Anniversary Tour is produced by Work Light Productions, whose other touring productions include Cinderella, Motown, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, and Clue.
To stay up to date on tour dates and tickets check out: http://rentontour.net/
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