1) Rent, written by Jonathan Larson is based on Giacomo Puccini’s classic 1896 opera, La Boheme. It tells the story of struggling young artists in New York’s East Village. Rent features character who are gay, lesbian,transgender, drug users, living with Aids. It opened on Broadway on April 29, 1996 and has been performed over 4,000 times and still running.
2) Larson would not live to see Rent’s true success. He died from an undiagnosed aortic aneurysm in the early morning of January 25, 1996.
3) The musical won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. I also won 10 Tony award including Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, Best performance by leader Actor and Actress and Best Performance by featured Actor and Actress, sweeping most of the major awards.
4) During a 365 day year, there are as the song says 525,600 minutes. On a leap year that increases by 1440 the number of minutes in a day.
5) The show runs 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission, with the current cast consisting of Mayumi Ando, Will Chase, Frenchie Davis, Robin De Jesús, D’Monroe, Shaun Earl, Ava Gaudet, Chirstopher S. Hanke, Colin Hanlon, Nicolette Hart, Marcus Paul James, Justin Johnston, Destan Owens, Kenna Ramsey, Antonique Smith.
6) In 2005 the movie version of Rent was made. Many of the actors who created the roles on Broadway reprised their parts in the movie. It was not successful ending the year as the 94th movie based on gross not reaching its production cost.
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