RENT

Rent es una de los musicales que marco la historia, no solo de la sociedad entera, sino también de los musicales. Siendo de los primeros musicales en tocar temas como la homosexualidad, bisexualidad, drogas, pobreza y SIDA.

Basado en "La Boheme" opera de Puccini, Larson escribió esta historia que llegó a ganar 4 Tonys y el Pulitzer. A continuación presento una lista de nominaciones y premios ganados:

Won
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical: Jonathan Larson
Tony Award for Best Original Score: Jonathan Larson
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Wilson Jermaine Heredia
Other nominations
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Adam Pascal
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Daphne Rubin-Vega
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Idina Menzel
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Blake Burba
Tony Award for Best Choreography: Marlies Yearby
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical: Michael Greif
[edit]Additional awards
Rent was also nominated for the following awards; it won all but four of the nominations:[53]
Won
1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Wilson Jermaine Heredia
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations: Steve Skinner
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lyrics
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music
1996 Theater World Award for Outstanding New Talent: Adam Pascal
1996 Theater World Award for Outstanding New Talent: Daphne Rubin-Vega
1996 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
1996 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical
1996 Drama League Award for Best Musical
1996 Obie Award for Outstanding Book, Music, and Lyrics
1996 Obie Award for Outstanding Direction: Michael Greif
1996 Obie Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance
Other nominations
1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Adam Pascal
1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical: Daphne Rubin-Vega
1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical: Michael Greif
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design: Angela Wendt

Desde su comienzo hasta su termino, desde Off-BROADWAY hasta el West-End concert, la trayectoria de este grandioso musical, marcó a muchas generaciones:

1993 Reading/Workshop
1994 Off-Broadway
1996 Broadway
1996 US National Tour
1998 West End
1998 Australia
2001 UK Tour
2003 West End revival
2005 Film
2006 Rent 10
2007 West End revival
2009 U.S. National Tour
2009 West End Concert

Este musical se estrenó el 29 de abril de 1996, lamentablemente el compositor y escritor Jonathan Larson, no vivió para ver el grande exito que tuvo su magnifica obra musical. El 25 de Enero del 96' murió de un aneurisma en la aorta. Amigos y familiares se reunieron, y los actores, presentaron un sing-through de Rent en memoria de Larson.

Actores presentes en la obra:

The original Broadway cast of Rent:
Mark Cohen: Anthony Rapp*
Roger Davis: Adam Pascal*
Mimi Márquez: Daphne Rubin-Vega
Tom Collins: Jesse L. Martin*
Angel Dumott Schunard: Wilson Jermaine Heredia*
Maureen Johnson: Idina Menzel*
Joanne Jefferson: Fredi Walker
Benjamin Coffin III: Taye Diggs*

Notable Broadway replacements

Mark - Joey Fatone, Neil Patrick Harris, Adam Rickett, Tony Vincent, Drew Lachey, Tucker Lawson, Adam Kantor
Roger - Norbert Leo Butz, Richard H. Blake, Tony Vincent, Declan Bennett, Sebastian Arcelus, Will Chase, Heinz Winckler, and Erick Rubin
Mimi - Melanie Brown, Tamyra Gray, Sharon Leal, Renee Goldsberry, Karen Mok, and Siobhan Donaghy, Lexi Lawson, Rosario Dawson**
Tom Collins: Michael McElroy, and Anwar Robinson, Marcus Paul James
Angel - Jose Llana, Jai Rodriguez, Wilson Cruz, and Justin Johnston, Telly Leung
Maureen - Sherie Rene Scott, Denise Van Outen, Kendra Kassebaum, Jessie Wallace, Nicolette Hart and Eden Espinosa
Joanne - Tracie Thoms*, Ramona Cole, Natalie Venetia Belcon, and Merle Dandridge
(*)=The actor also portrayed this character in the 2005 film version.
(**)=The actor only portrayed this character in the 2005 film version.

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