Rent for a concert production in August.
Directed by Nikolai Foster, the piece follows a group of bohemian artists living in a New York apartment block as the city goes through a fresh wave of gentrification, all against the backdrop of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It will be presented in the round at the award-winning space.
Playing from 10 to 21 August, the piece has musical arrangements from Steve Skinner, musical supervision and arrangements by Tim Weil, original concept and additional lyrics from Billy Aronson and dramaturgy from Lynn Thomson. Casting and creative team is to be revealed.
Curve s chief executive Chris Stafford and Foster commented: As we emerge from this pandemic, it feels timely to reflect on the resilience and courage which defined the lives of so many during the 1980s HIV/AIDS pandemic. Jonathan Larson s astonishing
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The Birth of âRent,â Its Creatorâs Death and the 25 Years Since
With a virtual performance marking the Broadway musicalâs anniversary, original cast and creative team members talk about losing Jonathan Larson and carrying on his legacy.
Jonathan Larson, left, who wrote the music, lyrics and book of “Rent,” with the play s director, Michael Greif, in 1996.Credit.Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
Whatâs 525,600 times 25?
It has been 25 years â or, to use a memorable âSeasons of Loveâ calculation, 13.14 million minutes â since âRentâ upended Broadwayâs sense of what musical theater could be. Jonathan Larsonâs rock-infused reboot of âLa Bohèmeâ had already generated positive chatter during its Off Broadway rehearsals at New York Theater Workshop. But then came full-throated shouts of disbelief and anguish on Jan. 25, 1996, when, hours after the final dress rehearsal, Larson was found dead in his apartmen
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Scottish Labour has announced the order for its list of regional candidates ahead of May’s Holyrood elections (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Scottish Labour has confirmed its list of regional candidates for the Holyrood elections, with leadership candidate Anas Sarwar giving up his top spot to make it gender-balanced.
The party’s members were able to vote for their preferred candidates for the regional list system hoping to be elected to the Scottish Parliament after the election on May 6.