Rent By Jonathan Larson: Musical Analysis

Rent is a rock musical that was created by Jonathan Larson. It's based on the opera La Bohème. The musical tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City in a village called Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The musical was first seen in a workshop production in a New York Theatre Workshop in 1993. This same Off-Broadway theatre was also the musical's initial home following its official 1996 opening. Jonathan Larson, the creator of this fascinating musical, died suddenly of an aortic dissection, believed to have been caused by undiagnosed Marfan syndrome, the night before the Off-Broadway premiere. On Broadway, Rent gained critical acclaim and won a Tony Award for