Results: Rent - the musical
Rent is loosely based on the opera "La boheme" (1896) by Giacomo Puccini. Location New York City rather than Paris. Struggling artists, poverty, friends, love, loss.
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Rent - Christmas Eve 1989. No tuberculosis as in the opera, but the HIV / AIDS epidemic. Ever feel real life is stranger than fiction at times?
Yes
53%
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854 votes
No
20%
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325 votes
Undecided
26%
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421 votes
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Johnathan Larson - created the tale, music and lyrics. He died hours after the show's final dress rehearsal in 1996. Never got to see his musical become a Broadway hit which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and many Tony Awards. Morbid question, but any folk you wonder what else they would have come up with if not died young?
Yes
37%
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589 votes
No
19%
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304 votes
Undecided
21%
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332 votes
Not Applicable
23%
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375 votes
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3.
Seasons of Love - not a love theme, but how does one measure time? Sheet happens, but do you focus on and recall the good matters?
Yes
42%
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672 votes
No
18%
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294 votes
Undecided
40%
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634 votes
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