The musical production Rent is Jonathan Larson’s adaptation of Puccini’s ‘La Boehme’‚ and was set in New York in the early 1980s (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ n.d.). The musical has a variety of characters: straight‚ gay‚ lesbian‚ cross-dressing‚ and bisexual. Many of the cast’s characters have HIV/AIDS. Larson personally identified with the musical‚ as he too had several friends that had HIV/AIDS who had then later passed away from the disease (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ n.d.). HIV/AIDS
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Jasmine Henry 25 October 2012 THEA 101 Perticone RENT Performance Response The lobby display was designed to look like the streets of New York. There were girls dressed like prostitutes‚ a girl was portrayed as a homeless person living inside of a box and a brick wall-like bulletin boards giving dramaturgical information. The information included the production history like how RENT had its first staged reading at New York Theatre Workshop in 1993. The show opened in January 1996. This
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Jonathan Ang AIDS Fundamentals ID# 64546397 RENT Rent is a film that is almost identical to its Broadway musical counterpart. It is a story of eight individuals whose lives collide on one Christmas and become a family over the course of a year. They struggle with love‚ success‚ and AIDS in the poor area of East Village of New York City in the late 80s. The movie opens with Mark and Roger‚ both roommates‚ who are angry over paying rent. Collin is Mark’s previous roommate Collin‚ who is HIV-positive
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Review "RENT" RENT I was raised all my life in the theater and I have taken lessons of everything that has to do with fine arts. Two of my passions are dance and sing‚ that is why my interest has been created for musicals. One time I saw this musical for the first time‚ I knew it has something special‚ but I was a little girl and I did not realized the meaning. Once I grew up and I could understand what was happening this musical become part of my life. The musical I love is RENT‚ a Broadway
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Theatre Appreciation Rent A few weeks ago‚ I went to see the musical Rent written by Jonathon Larson. The musical has been re made many times as it is a very popular musical. This re make was directed by Pierre Jacques-Brauit. While on my way to Cuyahoga Community College-Western campus‚ I became extremely enthusiastic as I had high expectations of the performance. However‚ after watching the two and a half hour production‚ I was utterly disappointed. Although the musical had some great aspects
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Rent Control in New York: An Economic Analysis Rent control refers to laws that limit the amounts of rent and the amounts that rent can be increased in any year. There is no statewide rent control in the US‚ and all the rent control laws and regulation are passed by cities. Most of the cities with rent control are located in New York‚ California‚ and New Jersey. Washington‚ D.C. also has rent control. Rent control first appeared in the United States in the early 1900s as a way of dealing with
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Rent is personally one of my all time favorite productions. It is a Broadway musical and motion picture that is set in New York City’s East Village during a time period when HIV and AIDS was a common issue. This musical expresses many other issues through its content. Most of these issues are things that the characters must learn to deal with and try to fix throughout the span of the film. Some of the problems depicted are the characters struggling with drugs‚ understanding sexuality‚ paying their
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FILM REACTION Rent is a 2005 American film adaptation of the Broadway musical‚ which was based on Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical. The movie depicts the lives of several Bohemians and their struggles with sexuality‚ cross-dressing‚ drugs‚ life under the shadow of AIDS‚ and paying their rent. It takes place in the East Village of New York City in the late 1980s. SYNOPSIS After an introduction with the cast singing "Seasons of Love‚" the film opens with apartment tenants
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RENT Analysis Rent is a rock musical that focuses on the lives of several different young artists and the relationships that bond between them. The title Rent is very fitting for this musical because the majority of the characters are impoverished and are trying to survive in the world‚ while making a life for themselves. The story mostly revolves around the characters Mark and Roger‚ as they battle loss‚ love and life. While Roger tries to run away from all that he is faced with‚ Mark tries to capture
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1. Enterprise Rent-A-Car has defined its service much differently than that of the typical national car rental companies. Their idea and technique of personal service‚ by treating the customers like neighbors more so than clients is what makes this company so unique and successful. They are industry leaders in fleet size and market presence. The company’s president‚ Andy Taylor‚ stated in his motto “if you put the customers first they will be satisfied and come back‚ followed by employees who are
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