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Rent

Opened 1996

5,123 performances

Musical, Megamusical

Tony Award for Best Musical, 1996

Cast_of_Rent_performing_"Seasons_of_Love"_at_Broadway_on_Broadway,_2005.jpg
Drenched at English Wikipedia

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.

Music
Jonathan Larson
Lyrics
Jonathan Larson
Book
Jonathan Larson
Aids CrisisBohemian LifeLoveArtCommunityMortality

Productions7 productions: 1 on Broadway, 6 in the West End

1996
Nederlander TheatreBroadway Original, opened April 29, 1996, directed by Michael Greif
5,123 performances, 4 Tony wins
1998
West EndLondon
2001
West EndLondon
2007
West EndLondon
2008
ProductionLondon
2026
West EndLondon
2026
Tom Stoppard TheatreLondon Original

Songs12 songs

Seasons of Love, Rent, One Song Glory, Out Tonight, La Vie Boheme, Without You, Light My Candle, I Should Tell You, Tango: Maureen, I’ll Cover You, Over the Moon, Your Eyes

Recordings 19 recordings

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

Licensing 1 entry

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

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