A host of Broadway favorites鈥攊ncluding two Tony winners鈥攍ead the cast of the world premiere symphonic concert adaptation of the late Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer-winning rock opera Rent, which continues through July 28 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Presented by the National Symphony Orchestra with Steven Reineke conducting, the concerts are directed by Sammi Cannold. The new symphonic orchestration, expanded from Steve Skinner's original five-piece arrangement, has been penned by Sean O'Loughlin.
The cast features Tony nominee Lorna Courtney (& Juliet) as Mimi M谩rquez, Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen) as Mark Cohen, Alex Boniello (Spring Awakening) as Roger Davis, Tony winner Ali Stroker (Oklahoma!) as Maureen Johnson, Terrance Johnson as Collins, Awa Sal Secka (Signature's Gun & Powder) as Joanne, Tony winner Myles Frost (MJ: The Musical) as Benjamin 鈥淏enny鈥� Coffin III, and Jimmie Herrod (America鈥檚 Got Talent) as Angel Dumott Schunard. (2023 Camelot Tony nominee Jordan Donica, who had been announced to play Collins, had to withdraw from the performances due to an injury.)
Check out photos from the production below:
Company of Rent in Concert
Company of Rent in Concert
Company of Rent in Concert
Alex Boniello
Andrew Barth Feldman, Alex Boniello, and Terrance Johnson
Terrance Johnson
Company of Rent in Concert
Company of Rent in Concert
Alex Boniello and Lorna Courtney
Ali Stroker
Ali Stroker
Steven Reineke
Company of Rent in Concert
Alex Boniello and Andrew Barth Feldman
Produced by AMP Worldwide, the limited run also has music supervision by Sean Mayes and lighting design by Cory Pattak.
Directed by Michael Greif, Rent opened at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre April 29, 1996, following previews that began April 16. The musical received 10 1996 Tony nominations, subsequently winning four, including Best Musical. Larson's work also won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. After 16 previews and 5,123 regular performances, the production played its final show September 7, 2008.
Set in Manhattan in the 1990s and inspired by Puccini鈥檚 opera La Boh猫me, the hit musical follows a group of young East Village artists, performers, and philosophers as they struggle through the hardships of poverty, societal discord, and the AIDS epidemic in the search for life, love, and art.
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