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Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking Tony and Pulitzer Prize Award winner reinvented musicals when it debuted in 1996. An inspiring story about friends and artists struggling in New York City’s East Village, Rent tackles addiction, poverty, AIDS and most of all, love.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Sep. 9, 2012.

About the Show

Previews: Jul 14, 2011 • Opening: Aug 11, 2011 • Closing: Sep 9, 2012

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Story

What Is the Story of Rent?
Loosely based on Puccini’s opera La Boheme, Rent tells the story of a group of impoverished friends struggling to survive and create in New York’s gritty Alphabet City in 1991. Over the course of one year, Rent follows these starving artists as they strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness, impending gentrification and the AIDS epidemic.
 

Off-Broadway Musicals Classics Drama Award Winning Mature Audiences

Venue

New World Stages - Stage One
340 West 50th Street
New York, NY 10019
Hearing Assistance
Assistive listening devices available, no reservations. Loop technology is also available.
Wheelchair Access
Theater is wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair seating does not involve steps.
Elevators and Escalators
There is an elevator and escalator from the ground level to the theater level.
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