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An interview with the Rent stAr.
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by tim parks
When Rent, The Broadway Tour pulls into its whistle stop at The san diego Civic Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 1996 Tony Award for Best musical, Best score and
Theatre on march 10 - 15, it will have three very special guests onboard. Adam Best Book.
Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen stewart (the original “seasons of Love” soloist) Among its other achievements were acting nods for Pascal, who received
will be reprising the roles that brought them acclaim during Rent’s original run on a Tony and a drama desk nomination, and two wins with an obie and Theatre
Broadway in 1996 and beyond. World award as best actor for his portrayal of Roger davis; a rock musician coping
Rent first emerged on the Broadway scene, chronicling artistic types who were with both being hiV-positive and the suicide of his girlfriend.
struggling to balance their impoverished lives and creative endeavors. The show Pascal would go on to reprise the role in the London production of Rent, the
struck a giant chord with the theater-going populace. And, today its relevance 2005 film based upon the musical, as well as a 2007 touring production.
can be seen in every headline dealing with the economy and on the face of every The Rage Monthly spoke with Pascal about the full circle world that Rent has
person who has to toil in order to survive. become, and how his involvement with the show again has afforded him a happy
Unfortunately Jonathan Larson, the man who penned the lyrics, music and musical homecoming.
book for Rent, would not be able to see how applicable the hopeful musical would “Well, Anthony [Rapp] and i had gone back to the Broadway production in the
be now. in fact, he never got to enjoy the fruits of his labor. he died suddenly the summer of 2007 – just to do a 12-week stint. And it went really well, and we had
night prior to its off-Broadway debut in 1996. a wonderful time doing it,” Pascal explained. “The show did really well; and there
The musical, based upon on the Puccini opera La Boheme, also dealt with seemed to be a lot of excitement and interest around the two of us coming back
the Aids epidemic in new york’s east Village, and went on to win both the 1996 to the show.
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