Things to Do: Theater, art and lots of Italian cookies
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Hackmatack is back on stage
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Live musical theater is back with the Firehouse Center for the Arts production of the rock musical “RENT,” opening at Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm on Friday, May 14, and running through Sunday, May 23.
“RENT” is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson, loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera “La Bohème.” It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan s East Village in the thriving days of bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
“It’s the 25th anniversary of the show opening on Broadway,” said John Moynihan, Firehouse Center for the Arts Executive Director. “It’s a show that touches upon so many relevant factors today. The struggles of the artist have never been more relevant than right now. There’s still the feeling of isolation and the reunifying factor of friends a family.”