DoMaur Productions RENT

Based on Puccini’s beloved opera La Bohème, Rent follows the ups and downs of a year in the life of a group of impoverished, artistic friends living in Manhattan’s East Village.

Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, struggles to find his place in the world; his roommate Roger, an HIV-positive musician, wonders how he will leave his mark before he dies.

Mimi and Angel look for true love as they face the harsh reality of life as HIV-positive young people, while the businesslike Joanne seeks fidelity from her wild-child performance artist girlfriend Maureen.

The group’s dreams, losses, and love stories weave through the musical’s narration to paint a stunningly raw and emotional portrait of the gritty bohemian world of New York City in the late 1980s, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.

 

Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson

Musical Arrangements Steve Skinner   

Original Concept/Additional Lyrics Billy Aronson

Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements Tim Weil   

Dramaturg Lynn Thomson

 

RENT was originally produced in New York by New York Theatre Workshop and on Broadway by Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S  Gordon and New York Theatre Workshop

Licensed exclusively by Music theatre International (Australasia)

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Burnie Arts Centre, 77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie, 7320, View Map and directions