Runaway Stage Productions Presents RENT, 9/3-26

Based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, RENT tells the story of a group of friends struggling with love, drugs and AIDS.  Among the group are the narrator  - nerdy filmmaker Mark, his former lover, Maureen; Maureen's public interest lawyer lesbian lover Joanne; Mark's roommate HIV+ former drug addict, Roger; Roger's lover the HIV+ drug addited exotic dancer, Mimi; their former roomate HIV+ compuer genius Tom Collins; Collins' HIV+drag queen street musician lover Angel, and Benmjamin Coffin III, a former member of the group who, after marrying a wealthy woman, has since become their landlord and the opposite of the group's Bohemian values.  The second act is filled with tragedy as Angel dies and couples break up.  But at the vry end, when Mimi is abou to die, Roger is able to sing one song that brings her back to life and leaves the audience with a sense of hope.
 
RENT played on Broadway for 5123 performancs between 1996 and 2008, and received numerous Tony and Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical and Best original score.  In 1996, RENT was also awarded the esteemed Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
 
Multiple Elly Award winning Producer and Director Bob Baxter teams up again with Elly Award winning Choreographer Darryl Strohl and Musical Director Christopher Cook to stage this iconic musical.  
 
RENT performs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm, September 3 - 26, 2010.