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Rent

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Newest Review: ... enough to get your money’s worth but not so long you start fidgeting/ falling asleep!) Rent is currently playing at The Nederlander theatre on Broadway (tickets priced $20-$85) and has recently finished a nationwide UK tour. Hopefully we’ll see it back on the West End soon! The official site for the show is www.siteforrent.com and there are loads of unofficial sites run by fans ... more

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Rent boys walk this way! (656 words)
by glitter_princess - written on 22/10/02 (Very useful, 623 readings)
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In the words of the writer himself, Jonathon Larson, “Rent is about a community celebrating life, in the face of death and AIDS at the turn of the century”. This pop/rock musical is a modern take on Puccini’s opera, La Boheme, replacing the 19th Century threat of tuberculosis with the late Twentieth Century threat of AIDS. Despite the fact that this musical deals with some very serious issues, including homelessness and AIDS, the musical as a whole has a very positive feel to it. The message that it promotes is to live life for the moment and celebrate it- the curtain falls to the sound of the entire cast singing “No day but today” ...

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