Rent (musical)

Rent is a Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical, based upon Puccini's opera La bohème. Rent opened in New York City on April 29, 1996 at the Nederlander Theatre and continues to play on Broadway (the 8th-longest running Broadway musical as of May 3, 2005). The musical centers around a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive in New York's Alphabet City neighborhood under the shadow of AIDS. (In the opera, the disease was tuberculosis).

Awards

In 1996, Rent won Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score. Actor Wilson Jermaine Heredia won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as Angel.

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1996 - Tony Awards - Best Musical - Best Book of a Musical - Best Original Score - Wilson Jermaine Heredia - Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

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Additionally, actors Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Idina Menzel were nominated (but did not win) in the Leading Actor, Leading Actress, and Featured Actress in a Musical categories (for their portrayals of Roger, Mimi, and Maureen, respectively). The show itself was nominated for, but did not win, Tonys for its lighting design (Blake Burba), choreography (Marlies Yearby), and direction (Michael Greif).

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Adam Pascal - Daphne Rubin-Vega - Idina Menzel - Leading Actor - Leading Actress - Featured Actress - Lighting design - Blake Burba - Choreography - Marlies Yearby - Direction - Michael Greif

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