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When Rent premiered in 1996,
it became a runaway smash hit. The venue sold out for months on end,
lines stretched around the block, “Rentheads” pitched tents in order to
secure rush tickets, celebrities were photographed under the marquee.
But, what many people didn’t know, was that over the previous 15 years,
writer and composer Jonathan Larson faced nothing but rejection. He
wrote several plays that never saw the light of day, told his work was
unfocused or too ambitious. Then a number of Larson’s friends were
diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
Major sources for this episode include:
1) No Day But Today: The Story of Rent – a documentary by Jeffrey Schwarz
2) Broadway World – BWW Exclusive: The Story of How RENT Came to Be
3) NPR – 13,150,080 Minutes: It’s Been 25 Years Since The First Performance Of ‘Rent’
4) Mental Floss – 11 Things You Should Know About Rent
5) New York Post – ‘Rent’ creator’s friends reveal tragic, true tale of ‘Tick Tick … Boom!’
From the creators of Under the Influence:
Executive Producer & Co-Host: Terry O’Reilly
Writer & Host: Sidney O’Reilly
Research: Allison Pinches
Director: Callie O’Reilly
Supervising Producer: Debbie O’Reilly
Engineer: Geoff Devine
Theme music: Ian Lefeuvre & Ari Posner
This show is brought to you by the Apostrophe Podcast Network and powered by Acast.
When Rent premiered in 1996, it became a runaway smash hit. The venue sold out for months on end, lines stretched around the block, “Rentheads” pitched tents in order to secure rush tickets, celebrities were photographed under the marquee. But, what many people didn’t know, was that over the previous 15 years, writer and composer Jonathan Larson faced nothing but rejection. He wrote several plays that never saw the light of day, told his work was unfocused or too ambitious. Then a number of Larson’s friends were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
Major sources for this episode include:
1) No Day But Today: The Story of Rent – a documentary by Jeffrey Schwarz
2) Broadway World – BWW Exclusive: The Story of How RENT Came to Be
3) NPR – 13,150,080 Minutes: It’s Been 25 Years Since The First Performance Of ‘Rent’
4) Mental Floss – 11 Things You Should Know About Rent
5) New York Post – ‘Rent’ creator’s friends reveal tragic, true tale of ‘Tick Tick … Boom!’
From the creators of Under the Influence:
Executive Producer & Co-Host: Terry O’Reilly
Writer & Host: Sidney O’Reilly
Research: Allison Pinches
Director: Callie O’Reilly
Supervising Producer: Debbie O’Reilly
Engineer: Geoff Devine
Theme music: Ian Lefeuvre & Ari Posner
This show is brought to you by the Apostrophe Podcast Network and powered by Acast.