Rent

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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

Productions2 on Broadway

1996	Nederlander Theatre Original. April 29, 1996 · Michael Greif	5,123 performances · 4 Tony wins
2008	Transfer Theatre not recorded. November 23, 2015

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

Licensing 1 entry

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

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