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RENT Runs May 21-July 10 At Portland Center Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 21, 2022


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.

RENT Shows West Michigan What It Means To Live For Today
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 12, 2022


Circle Theatre, West Michigan's go-to destination for exceptional theatrical arts in an intimate setting, begins their 2022 Main Stage season with RENT, a Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Jonathan Larson, following a year in the lives of a group of friends, artists, and musicians, as they explore love, happiness, and the struggle to survive.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Stages August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN
by Marissa Tomeo - Apr 9, 2022


TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner August Wilson’s sweeping drama Gem of the Ocean. This seminal classic will be directed by Artistic Director Tim Bond, a close friend of the late playwright and a leading interpreter of his work, making his TheatreWorks directorial debut with this play.

Photos: NEXT TO NORMAL Comes Alive at Westport Country Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 8, 2022


The three-time Tony Award-winning musical and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 'Next to Normal,' opens Westport Country Playhouse's 92nd Season, from April 6 through April 24. Check out photos from the multi-racial production.

VIDEO: First Look at NEXT TO NORMAL at Westport Country Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 8, 2022


The three-time Tony Award®-winning musical and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “Next to Normal,” opens Westport Country Playhouse’s 92nd Season, from April 6 through April 24.

RENT Announces Digital Lottery At The Dolby Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 6, 2022


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.

BWW Interview: Chatting with Veteran Broadway Actor Telly Leung
by Jared Fessler - Apr 1, 2022


Broadway veteran Telly Leung has co-produced a documentary with Aaron Albano, another Broadway veteran and active member of the AAPI Broadway community. It is called ENSEMBLE and it is currently available via Broadway on Demand.

BWW Review: RENT at The National Theatre
by Hannah Wing - Mar 27, 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.

HADESTOWN, ANN, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF & More Lead Los Angeles' April Theater Top 10
by BWW Staff - Apr 4, 2022


Los Angeles is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Coming up in April, we've got a Tony Award winning greek epic musical tragedy, a smash Broadway musical comedy, a deeply rich dramatic work from and starring Los Angeles favorite Holland Taylor, and more. 

THE HIRSCHFELD TIME MACHINE: THE 90s a New Online Exhibition, is Now Live
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 21, 2022


The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is presenting its latest online exhibition, “The Hirschfeld Time Machine: The 90s,” now live through June 15.

The Ritz Theatre Company Shares The Story Of Jonathan Larson In TICK, TICK... BOOM!
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 15, 2022


Before Rent, there was Tick, Tick... BOOM! Presented by The Ritz Theatre Company as part of the organization's 'Grand Reopening' season, this autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning creator of Rent, is the story of a composer and the sacrifices he makes on the road to the proverbial big break. Helmed by Ritz Associate Artistic Director Matthew Weil, the show runs at The Ritz from March 18th through April 3rd.

RENT Is Coming To Colorado Springs!
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 14, 2022


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.

BWW Previews: NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - IL VENTENNALE
by ETTORE FARRATTINI - Mar 7, 2022


NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - IL VENTENNALE IN TOUR IN TUTTA ITALIA E CON IL CAST ORIGINALE, TORNA IN SCENA UNA DELLE OPERE PIù CONOSCIUTE E AMATE DAL PUBBLICO.

RENT's Tommy Kaiser Takes Over Our Instagram Today!
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - Mar 6, 2022


Tommy Kaiser, college winner of Next on Stage season two and current swing/Mark and Roger understudy, is taking over our Instagram story today, March 6! Don't miss his behind the scenes look at the tour's two show day in Philadelphia.

Darlesia Cearcy and Wilson Jermaine Heredia Will Lead NEXT TO NORMAL at Westport Country Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Mar 2, 2022


Westport Country Playhouse presents Next to Normal this April. The 2009 Tony Award®-winning pop/rock musical and winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama lifts the veil on family loss and the individual responses to crisis and endurance, while pushing the boundaries of contemporary musical theater.

The Farewell Tour Of RENT Comes To Lubbock!
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 8, 2022


The American Theatre Guild will present the Lubbock engagement of the highly anticipated RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour.

BWW Exclusive: Jonathan Larson's College Roommate, Emmy-Winner Todd Robinson, Pens Essay About the Composer
by Todd Robinson - Feb 4, 2022


Emmy Award winning screen writer and director Todd Robinson is known for his work on White Squall, Lonely Hearts, The Last Full Measure and more. But a little known fact about Robinson is that he was the college roommate and best friend of Jonathan Larson.

BWW Review: RENT National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
by Jeffrey Kare - Jan 29, 2022


Loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera, La bohème, Rent follows a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City's East Village in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.

$32 Digital Lottery Announced for RENT in Dallas
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 28, 2022


Dallas Summer Musicals and Broadway Across America announced that a digital lottery will be held for the RENT 25TH Anniversary Farewell Tour, returning to Dallas’ Music Hall at Fair Park from February 18-20, 2022 as part of the Germania Insurance Broadway Series presented by DSM.

DPAC Announces Digital Rush Lottery For RENT
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2022


DPAC has announced that beginning tomorrow, Thursday, January 27th at 9:00 AM, a digital rush lottery will take place for RENT.  RENT is on stage January 28 – 30 for 5 great shows, as part of WRAL's Greatest Hits of Broadway. 

Wake Up With BWW 1/26: Webber's CINDERELLA Aims For Fall Broadway Run, and More!
by - Jan 26, 2022


Today's top stories include a Broadway run for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, which is set for this Fall! No dates have been confirmed at this time. Plus, casting has been announced for the North American tour of Moulin Rouge!, get a first look at Emilie Kouatchou as Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera, and more!

Listen: RENT Original Cast Members and More Pay Tribute to Jonathan Larson
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 25, 2022


Members of the original RENT family celebrate the life and career of Jonathan Larson, who tragically passed away on this day in 1996.

RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour Coming To Kimmel Cultural Campus
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 20, 2022


The Kimmel Cultural Campus will present the return of the RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour, back by popular demand, in the Kimmel Cultural Campus' Merriam Theater on March 4 - 6, 2022.

RENT 25TH ANNIVERSARY FAREWELL TOUR Comes to the Providence Performing Arts Center This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 4, 2022


Ring in the New Year with the RENT 25TH ANNIVERSARY FAREWELL TOUR when it comes to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) for five performances only, January 14 – 16, 2022. The Providence engagement of RENT is part of the Encore Series.

Tickets On Sale for RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour at the State Theatre Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 17, 2021


RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour tickets are on sale now; the Broadway musical will play January 12th and January 13th. Tickets are available at the State Theatre Center for the Arts box office (453 Northampton Street, Easton, PA 18042).

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