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Rent turns 25: How Jonathan Larson s unusual rock musical became a cathartic Broadway phenomenon

Rent turns 25: How Jonathan Larson s unusual rock musical became a cathartic Broadway phenomenon Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY It was 1994 and Anthony Rapp was working at a Starbucks when he auditioned for a new musical called Rent, a gritty update of Puccini opera La Boheme set in New York City s East Village.  My agent described it as a rock opera based on La Boheme and the phrase rock opera didn t exactly fill me with confidence, Rapp says. At the time, musical theater was a lot of pageantry and the idea of a rock opera felt to me like big wigs and loud, obnoxious things. So I just didn t know what the tone would be.  

Interview: Steven Brault, Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Shares His Love of Broadway and Baseball

(© Josh Lavallee/Pittsburgh Pirates) You don t see many pro baseball players releasing Broadway cover albums. Tell me about your relationship to theater. When I was little, I played baseball all the time with my friends. The San Diego Opera came to my elementary school when I was in fifth grade and did Rip Van Winkle with us, and I played Henry Hudson and really enjoyed it. It took me by surprise. In sixth grade, middle school, there was a flyer up for the Peter Pan Junior Theater in San Diego, and I showed it to my friends and was like Hey, you dare me to audition for this? So I did and I got in and I fell in love with it. I got a lot of my friends to join the next year. In high school, I took a drama class, and then I went to college at Regis University in Denver. I went there because they re the only school that would let me play baseball and do a music major at the same time. I studied vocal performance, because I found out over time that I was a better singer than an acto

Broadway Records and Black Theatre Coalition Announce Call for Submissions for Black Writers Amplified!

Broadway Records and Black Theatre Coalition Announce Call for Submissions for Black Writers Amplified!
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Theater to Stream: Broadway Backwards and Starry Readings

Theater to Stream: Broadway Backwards and Starry Readings
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Theater to Stream: Broadway Backwards and Starry Readings

Theater to Stream: Broadway Backwards and Starry Readings
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