For the first time in history, RENT lands in Minnesota with an innovative and immersive theatrical production in the 6,000 square foot warehouse Lab Theater in downtown Minneapolis. An authentic rock band and professional cast of 15 dynamic performers take to the stage nightly in Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize winning musical about life, love and no day but today.

ABOUT THE MUSICAL

525,600 minutes in a year. How do you measure your life? Rent tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to express themselves through their art and “measuring their lives" in love. Against the gritty backdrop of New York’s East Village, these friends strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness, AIDS and the dawn of the new millenium.



THE HISTORY

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.