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Anthony Rapp will lead a new docu-series about abuse in Hollywood. Surviving Hollywood will explore abuse, trauma, and injustice within the entertainment industry. The docu-series will feature interviews, archival footage, first-hand accounts, and will uncover new stories about the secrets of the entertainment business.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Her Majesty’s Theatre has announced Jon Robyns as ‘The Phantom’, Holly-Anne Hull as ‘Christine Daae’, having been the production’s alternate Christine Daaé since 2021, and Paige Blankson who joins the production as alternate ‘Christine Daaé’. Learn more here!

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Anthony Rapp as he discusses the Off-Broadway premiere of his one-person show Without You at New World Stages, Rent's long-lasting impact, and much more.

National Black Theatre has announced the cast for the world premiere of AMANI - the first mainstage co-production of its 2022-2023 programmatic 55th season themed Love, A Ritual Of Repair.

The Stratford Festival is putting the finishing touches on casting and will soon open its box office for a special holiday pre-sale for tickets to the 13 exciting shows of the 2023 season. With savings up to 25%, this is a perfect opportunity to secure tickets for your favourite shows or buy gifts for the theatre-lovers on your list.

The Wallace Theater and LHUCA has announced dates, cast, crew and a new ticketing initiative 'Pay What You Can' preview night for RENT!

The production company TEMAN (Teater Musikal Nusantara) and art foundation Ciputra Artpreneur will bring Jonathan Larson's magnum opus RENT to Jakarta on 25-27 November 2022.

Burbank-based Conundrum Theatre Company is continuing its inaugural season with Jonathan Larson's RENT. The show runs Thursday December 8th to Sunday December 11th and Thursday December 15th through Sunday December 18th at The Broadwater Main Stage in Hollywood.

San Antonio Broadway Theatre announced the cast and creative team of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize- winning musical RENT. Music, lyrics and book by Jonathan Larson.

The Players Club of Swarthmore is elated to bring Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winning musical to their Main Stage. RENT changed the landscape of musical theatre back in 1996 and is still changing minds and hearts today.

Hub Theatre Company of Boston will close its 10th season with the Boston premiere of award-winning playwright George Brant's Into The Breeches!.  

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced the extension of its production of the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, RENT, with music, lyrics and book by Jonathan Larson, through Sunday, Dec. 11. Porchlight's production, now playing at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St., is directed by Adrian Abel Azevedo, music directed by Dr. Michael McBride and choreographed by Laura Savage.

The world-famous Comedy Cellar has announced the November 2022 lineup for its first West Coast location, an exact replica of its New York club, at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Porchlight Music Theatre's production of the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, RENT, music, lyrics and book by Jonathan Larson, at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St. has opened, and will run through Sunday, Nov. 27. The production is directed by Adrian Abel Azevedo, music directed by Dr. Michael McBride and choreographed by Laura Savage. Check out the photos here.

Porchlight Music Theatre is presenting the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, RENT, music, lyrics and book by Jonathan Larson, at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts through November 27. See photos here!

Hub Theatre Company of Boston will close its 10th season with the Boston premiere of award-winning playwright George Brant's Into The Breeches!.  

Just as the 2022 season comes to a close, work for the 2023 season is getting underway at the Stratford Festival. Creative teams for next year's productions are coming into place and the casting department is busy confirming key roles for the season. Soon the workshops will be abuzz with artisans building the season's sets, props and costumes.

What did our critic think of RENT at Garden Theater?

Although it’s been romanticized and idealized in sitcoms like “Friends,” the wilderness years of the modern twentysomething has been most accurately captured in Jonathan Larson’s seminal work RENT. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1996 and subsequently became a phenomenon that’s influenced virtually every musical to follow in its wake.

The 1994 award-winning rock musical.