RENT June 24, 2010

The Firehouse Theatre Project proudly presents its 2010 summer production - Jonathan Larson’s Rent!

Directed by Jase Smith, the show runs from June 24-Aug. 1, Thursdays-Sundays (except July 4).

Rent is a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera La bohème. It tells a story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. On Broadway, Rent gained critical acclaim and won a Tony Award for Best Musical among other awards. The musical is largely responsible for helping to increase the popularity of musical theater amongst the younger generation. The Broadway production closed in September 2008 after a 12-year run and 5,124 performances, making it the eighth-longest-running Broadway show by that time, nine years behind The Phantom of the Opera as of December 2009. The production grossed over $280 million.

Tickets to this special summer production are sure to sell quickly. They are $27 for adults, $24 for seniors 65 and older, and $12 for students and RAPT members with ID. To make reservations, call the Firehouse box office at 804-355-2001 or visit the link below.

Official Website: http://www.firehousetheatre.org/news/item/special-summer-production-rent/