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Rent

Shows · Rent

Rent is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson. Loosely based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa, it tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan's East Village, in the thriving days of the bohemian culture of Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.

Opened
1996
Performances
5,123
Type
Musical
Era
Megamusical
Music: Jonathan LarsonLyrics: Jonathan LarsonBook: Jonathan Larson

Won the Tony Award for Best Musical, 1996.

Productions7 on Broadway

1996 Nederlander Theatre Original. April 29, 1996 · Michael Greif 5,123 performances · 4 Tony wins
1998 West End Transfer.
2001 West End Transfer.
2007 West End Transfer.
2008 Transfer Theatre unknown.
2026 West End Transfer.
2026 Tom Stoppard Theatre Original.

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Recordings 19 albums held

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Cast Recording - Act II
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Rent: Selections From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Warner Bros. Records WPCR-12285
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Rent EastWest 8573 82614-2
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Selections From Rent DreamWorks Records PRO-CD-5002. 1996
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Rent DreamWorks Records DRMD2-50003. August 27, 1996
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The Best of Rent: Highlights From the Original Cast Album DreamWorks Records 0044-50025-2. September 7, 1999
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Rent November 12, 1999
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Rent: Leven voor vandaag Polydor 549496-2. 2000
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Rent: Selections From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. D163001. 2005
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Rent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Warner Bros. Records 49455-2. September 27, 2005
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Rent: Selections From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Warner Bros. Records 49468-2. November 2005
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Rent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Warner Bros. Records. November 23, 2005
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Rent: Selections From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Warner Bros. Records 9362499612. 2006
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Rent Warner Bros. Records 620881. April 18, 2006
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Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway Sony Pictures Home Entertainment CDR 65617. 2009
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Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording) DreamWorks Records. 2016
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Rent: Original Soundtrack of the FOX Live Television Event Masterworks Broadway. February 1, 2019
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Rent: Original Soundtrack of the FOX Live Television Event Masterworks Broadway. February 1, 2019
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Rent: Original Soundtrack of the FOX Live Television Event Masterworks Broadway 19075934512. March 1, 2019

Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International Rent matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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