THE HISTORY OF RENT
AWARDS LISTING THE EVOLUTION OF RENT ABOUT LA BOHÈME
Inspired by Puccini’s classic opera “La Boheme,” “Rent” won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Obie Award, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, four Tony Awards and three Drama Desk awards - all following the tragic, untimely death of its creator, Jonathan Larson, who passed away of an aortic aneurysm on the eve of the play’s first preview. The play went on to become a phenomenal success - launching the careers of its stars and bringing a sense of excitement back to Broadway by introducing a young and eager audience to a musical theatre work that carried with it a message of hope and love.