RENT Analysis Rent is a rock musical that focuses on the lives of several different young artists and the relationships that bond between them. The title Rent is very fitting for this musical because the majority of the characters are impoverished and are trying to survive in the world‚ while making a life for themselves. The story mostly revolves around the characters Mark and Roger‚ as they battle loss‚ love and life. While Roger tries to run away from all that he is faced with‚ Mark tries to capture
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The musical production Rent is Jonathan Larson’s adaptation of Puccini’s ‘La Boehme’‚ and was set in New York in the early 1980s (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ n.d.). The musical has a variety of characters: straight‚ gay‚ lesbian‚ cross-dressing‚ and bisexual. Many of the cast’s characters have HIV/AIDS. Larson personally identified with the musical‚ as he too had several friends that had HIV/AIDS who had then later passed away from the disease (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ n.d.). HIV/AIDS
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a scene in the new musical "RENT" that may be the quintessential romantic moment of the ’90s. Roger‚ a struggling rock musician‚ and Mimi‚ a junkie who’s a dancer at an S/M club‚ are having a lovers’ quarrel when their beepers go off and each takes out a bottle of pills. It’s the signal for an "AZT break‚" and suddenly they realize that they’re both HIV-positive. Clinch. Love duet. If you don’t think this is romantic‚ consider that Jonathan Larson’s sensational musical is inspired by Puccini’s
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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
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I watched the live production of “RENT”. The biggest issue in the musical “RENT” was that‚ everyone was poor‚ and HIV positive‚ and was struggling to survive in Alphabet City in Manhattan‚ New York. They were all young musical artist. The musical “RENT” showed how times can be hard for people‚ and some don’t notice due to the fact that they have everything they need in life‚ like money. One of the characters in the musical use to be a part of the group and then later on forgot his morals and where
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Theatre Appreciation Rent A few weeks ago‚ I went to see the musical Rent written by Jonathon Larson. The musical has been re made many times as it is a very popular musical. This re make was directed by Pierre Jacques-Brauit. While on my way to Cuyahoga Community College-Western campus‚ I became extremely enthusiastic as I had high expectations of the performance. However‚ after watching the two and a half hour production‚ I was utterly disappointed. Although the musical had some great aspects
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A. INTRODUCTION The Short and Sweet Musical was premiered at The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) on Friday‚ 1st of October 2010 at 8.30 p.m. was an excellent play. The Short and Sweet Musical is divided into four different acts namely A Grave Matter‚ Ghosts‚ Cupidity and Little Girl Lost. B. ACTING The character that I like the most is the mad scientist portrayed by Iedil Putra in A Grave Matter. The actor’s voice projection is also loud and clear which pleased me because if not I
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When we think of musicals‚ the first thing we think of is ‘Wicked’‚ or ‘Lion King’‚ or the “Book or Mormon’. Chicago is a musical which defies all these cutesy stereotypes. It’s a powerful 113 play which is all about corruption‚ crime‚ and media manipulation. This dark play‚ directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse‚ is the longest running musical on Broadway. Originally opened in 1975‚ it failed to impressed audiences and it was shut down‚ after a meagre two-year release. It was reopened on Broadway
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Perticone RENT Performance Response The lobby display was designed to look like the streets of New York. There were girls dressed like prostitutes‚ a girl was portrayed as a homeless person living inside of a box and a brick wall-like bulletin boards giving dramaturgical information. The information included the production history like how RENT had its first staged reading at New York Theatre Workshop in 1993. The show opened in January 1996. This particular board also showed critiques from theatre
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Rent Control in New York: An Economic Analysis Rent control refers to laws that limit the amounts of rent and the amounts that rent can be increased in any year. There is no statewide rent control in the US‚ and all the rent control laws and regulation are passed by cities. Most of the cities with rent control are located in New York‚ California‚ and New Jersey. Washington‚ D.C. also has rent control. Rent control first appeared in the United States in the early 1900s as a way of dealing with
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