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Posted inTheater and Dance

Revelatory ‘Rent’: College of the Desert’s Rendition of the Classic Musical Is a Near-Flawless Success

When Rent opened off-Broadway in February 1996, it rocked the theater world and won instant acclaim. The death of 35-year-old composer-lyricist Jonathan Larson from an aortic aneurysm just before the show’s opening certainly added to the show’s impact, but the musical’s stark depiction of life and death in New York City in the late 1980s […]

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