What to Expect From Tonight's Virtual Rent Gala at New York Theatre Workshop
It's been 25 years since Jonathan Larson's Rent burst onto the scene, forever changing the landscape of the American musical and ushering in a new generation of artists and theatergoers. If you think that's hard to believe, imagine being Jim Nicola. Nicola is the longtime artistic director of New York Theatre Workshop, where Larson's seminal project debuted in 1996 following its author's tragic death and before taking Broadway by storm. He's spent the past several months enmeshed in the Rent universe, something that he had not done for quite a while, to prepare for a silver celebration tha...