RENT
March 27, 2025
RENT is due
The spring musical, “RENT,” made its debut last weekend with a breathtaking performance given by the cast and crew at the John S. Umble Center. The pop-rock musical by Jonathan Larson handles heavy topics including poverty, death and loss, complicated relationships and particularly, the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s and ‘90s. The story follows a group of friends, several of whom are living in an apartment in Manhattan’s East Village where the power has gone out, leaving them with no heat in the middle of winter. Characters are portrayed as they navigate their relationships and struggle in poor living conditions,...