The groundbreaking musical RENT ran on Broadway for over twelve years, gaining critical acclaim and racking up multiple awards. Loosely based on Puccini’s opera, La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s rock musical tells the story of a group of struggling young artists as they create a life in Lower Manhattan’s East Village in the thriving days of […]
The Met take a journey back to the 20s and 30s in this fun musical
The film didn’t come first. Baz Luhrmann’s charming rebellious-ugly-duckling allegory started life on stage as a play, then became a film. Its transformation into a successful music theatre piece was aided by a patchwork of music, augmented and stitched together by Eddie Perfect.
Lisa Lonero and Rachel Kennedy brought the Canadian concept, which has been been running in British Columbia for around 20 years to the Fringe in 2016.