By Dale King Lake Worth Playhouse brings forth a Broadway blockbuster — the breakthrough musical Rent — as its official 71st season opener at the venerable showhouse in downtown Lake Worth Beach. LWP already presented a special performance of West Side Story to get the audience juiced for its autumnal theatrical kickoff. Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is … [Read more...]
Top-notch ‘Rent’ concludes FAU Summer Rep season
By Dale King Student actors at Florida Atlantic University have tapped a Broadway blockbuster --– the breakthrough musical Rent --- to wrap up their Summer Repertory Theatre season. Playing through July 31 at Studio One on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, Jonathan Larson's Rent is based loosely on Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera, La Bohème. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, which … [Read more...]