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Rent's Lease Up After 12 Years

Posted Jan 16, 08 11:51 AM CST in Business,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Rent is preparing to close up shop and move out of the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway, its home since 1996. The cutting-edge rock adaptation of La Bohème was written by Jonathan Larson, who died at the age of 35 of an aneurysm the night of the final dress rehearsal. Larson peopled the musical with personalities he knew in the pre-gentrified East Village who were energized by youthful irreverence and exuberance, and shattered by AIDS.

The show was a surprise, sudden success. “One day you can’t afford to get Chinese-food takeout, and suddenly you’re getting free meals at Balthazar," said one of the actors. A ticket-sales dip in the fall is responsible for the end of the run, but producers aren’t disappointed. “I couldn’t have foreseen that we’d even get to 5 years," said one.

Source New York Times

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In a photo provided by Keith Sherman and Associates, the cast of "Rent" is pictured in this 1996 file photo at New York's Nederlander Theatre. "Rent," the acclaimed musical chronicle of counterculture...   (Associated Press)
Tamyra Gray, shown in this 2004 file photo, joined the cast of the Broadway company of "Rent'' on May 29. The musical is set to end its run on June 1, 2008. (AP File Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)   (Associated Press)
Rent prepares for its final curtain call on June 1, 2008.   (Getty Images)
Broadway phenomenon "Rent" is set to close as Broadway's 7th longest running show.   ((c) Marcin Wichary)
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