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Local performers rocking in RENT The experienced creative team is led by Director Michael Sanders, with musical direction by George Bonner and choreography by Anna Mortlock. Together, they have enjoyed this challenge and spent many long hours working on bringing this powerful piece of theatre to the stage. With some formidable voices, and great guitar riffs, RENT will be a powerful and ultimately uplifting theatre experience. Recommended for Mature Audiences, RENT contains adult language and situations. Tickets are available from www.iticket.co.nz or phone 09 426 7282. RENT, June 11 to 25 at Centrestage Theatre, Centreway Road, Orewa
proudly presents RENT is not your regular musical, full of old ‘show tunes’. Written in the 90’s with the idea of bringing rock music and contemporary themes to the stage on Broadway, writer and composer Jonathan Larson created a show that was a reflection of the world he knew in Manhattan, New York. Now, 20 years on from its debut, RENT is widely acclaimed as a revolutionary rock musical, and local community theatre group Centrestage will be presenting their own production of RENT this month. Millwater brothers Caleb and Kieran Hogan feature in the talented cast, which is led by Sergei Victor in the role of Mark Cohen, a struggling documentary filmmaker. Matt Carr plays his best friend Roger Davis, an HIV-positive musician who is recovering from heroin addiction, and Zaverr Docter is Mimi Marquez, a sexy HIV-positive stripper and dancer who is also a heroin junkie and Roger’s love interest. RENT is an imaginative retelling of the classic Puccini opera, La Bohème, an unforgettable and timeless story of a group of starving artists, who, despite poverty and illness, learn to fall in love, find their voices, and bring a universal message of hope for everyone.
The Musical Book, Music and Lyrics by
Jonathan Larson
Original Concept/Additional Lyrics
Musical Arrangements
Billy Aronson
Steve Skinner
Tim Weil
Lynn Thomson
Music Supervision And Additional Arrangements
Dramaturg
Directed by Michael Sanders Musical Director: George Bonner Choreographer: Anna Mortlock
11th-25th June
RENT was originally produced in New York by New York Theatre Workshop and on Broadway by Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S. Gordon and New York Theatre Workshop Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia). All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.
For tickets call 09 426 7282 or go to www.iticket.co.nz
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