Daphne Rubin-Vega played Mimi in
Rent. It was a lot of fun to actually be able to practically apply my research of partying . she says. I knew these people. I knew this world. She s pictured above with Adam Pascal in New York Theatre Workshop s 1996 production of
Rent. Joan Marcus
On Jan. 25, 1996, a new rock musical by a little-known writer, Jonathan Larson, gave its first performance. Friends and family filed into a small off-Broadway theater to see
Rent. The show was a retelling of
La Boheme, set on the Lower East Side of New York, as people were dying of AIDS. It became an international phenomenon, winning the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, among others, but the performance almost didn t happen. Early that morning, Larson died of an aortic aneurysm. I spoke with some of the people who were there that night.
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Daphne Rubin-Vega played Mimi in em Rent. /em It was a lot of fun to actually be able to practically apply my research of partying . she says. I knew these people. I knew this world. She s pictured above with Adam Pascal in New York Theatre Workshop s 1996 production of rent.
On Jan. 25, 1996, a new rock musical by a little-known writer, Jonathan Larson, gave its first performance. Friends and family filed into a small off-Broadway theater to see
Rent. The show was a retelling of
La Boheme, set on the Lower East Side of New York, as people were dying of AIDS. It became an international phenomenon, winning the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, among others, but the performance almost didn t happen. Early that morning, Larson died of an aortic aneurysm. I spoke with some of the people who were there that night.
On Jan. 25, 1996, a new rock musical by a little-known writer, Jonathan Larson, gave its first performance. But that show almost didn t happen: Larson died of an aortic aneurysm early that morning.
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This image shows what the area that now contains the Crossroads Mall could look like with residential, business and retail buildings. This view looks from the northeast corner to the southwest corner of the current Crossroads Mall. -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
Angela Croonquist, owner of Salon Central, poses in her freshly remodeled shop. Croonquist, who has been a hair stylist for 29 years, open her new business on Aug. 3.
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This image shows what the area that now contains the Crossroads Mall could look like with residential, business and retail buildings. This view looks from the northeast corner to the southwest corner of the current Crossroads Mall.