Rent The Musical

By Turtlezrlit

  • Jonathan Larson's Birth

    Jonathan Larson's Birth
    Jonathan Larson was born in the year 1960 in White Plains, New York.

  • Life Cafe

    Life Cafe
    Life Cafe opened on Avenue B and East 10th.

  • Rent Inspiration

    Rent Inspiration
    Both Jonathan Larson and Jonathan Burkhart had trouble paying rent for such run down apartments. Their apartment was the main apartment in Rent The Musical.

  • Rent started to grow in progress

    Rent started to grow in progress
    Jonathan Larson hosted his first staged reading of Rent.

  • Rent's Progression

    Rent's Progression
    Rent had its first two-week workshop.

  • Rent's Production

    Rent's Production
    Rent had its staged production

  • Awards

    Awards
    1996 Tony Awards:
    Best Musical
    Best Score
    Best Book
    Best Featured Actor in a Musical
    1996 Obie Awards:
    Outstanding Book, Music, and Lyrics
    Outstanding direction
    Outstanding Ensemble Performance

  • Larson's Death

    Larson's Death
    Jonathan Larson dies of an unexpected aortic aneurysm the same morning of Rent's first preview performance Off-Broadway.

  • New York Theatre Workshop

    New York Theatre Workshop
    Rent opened at the New York Theatre Workshop.

  • Rent The Movie

    Rent The Movie
    Rent The Movie came out as an adaptation of the play.

  • 20 Year Anniversary

    20 Year Anniversary
    The original cast reunited in 2006 to put together a one night performance in memory of the creator Jonathan Larson and raised over $2,000,000.

  • Work Cited

    http://www.playbill.com/article/the-creation-of-rent-how-jonathan-larson-transformed-an-idea-into-a-groundbreaking-musical http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/carolemily/awards.html http://gvshp.org/blog/2015/04/29/a-brief-history-of-rent/ https://sdsufrompagetostage.wordpress.com/timeline-4/