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'Rent' musical celebrates its 30th Broadway anniversary with a starry show: 'No day but today'

The iconic musical "Rent" is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a special benefit performance

The Independent UK · Oct 23

Rent: A glorious 30th anniversary staging of the cult Broadway hit

4/5 Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo is among the cast in this triumphant staging at the Tom Stoppard Theatre by director Luke Sheppard

Evening Standard · Oct 9

Rent review – Gaten Matarazzo succeeds but his co-stars dazzle in a rock-solid musical revival

4/5 Jonathan Larson’s seminal musical returns to the West End with diligent panache

The Independent UK · Oct 8

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Rent review – Jonathan Larson’s New York bohos move into the West End and unpack their passions

Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo leads the grief-stricken 90s musical about friends living under the threat of Aids

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8

‘Stranger Things was a train you can’t jump off’: Gaten Matarazzo on his return to the stage

The actor we know as Dustin was a ‘theatre kid’ from age 11. Now he’s starring in a new staging of Rent. He discusses why the musical is as relevant as ever – and what it’s like being a child star in the internet age

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo to make West End debut in Rent revival

A ‘thrillingly fresh’ 30th-anniversary production of Jonathan Larson’s musical will open at the Duke of York’s theatre in London, directed by Luke Sheppard

The Guardian - UK · May 19

Tick, tick … Boom! review – a triumphant shout for theatrical ambition

Performed and designed with gusto, Jonathan Larson’s zippy musical about creative passion is a fitting show to relaunch this cherished Welsh stage

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2025

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Theater producer Jeffrey Seller, behind 'Rent' and 'Hamilton,' shines a light on his own journey

Jeffrey Seller, the Broadway producer behind such landmark hits as “Rent,” “Avenue Q” and “Hamilton,” didn’t initially write a memoir for us

The Independent UK · May 5, 2025

Why are flies attracted to humans?

Flies are attracted to our pungent "cloud of effervescence," experts say.

LiveScience · Feb 8, 2025

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Total Film · Jun 14, 2024

Rent review – earnest Australian production doesn’t save the musical from feeling like parody

Musical theatre can get away with being daggy and manipulative but this show pushes it too far – and this remount doesn’t overcome its faults

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2024

Love never gets old, says director of musical Rent

Jonathan Larson's Rent was radical when it was first staged in 1996. But now that almost 30 years have passed, how does a touring production keep it fresh?

AAP · Feb 20, 2024

‘I hope it will send a message’: musical Rent to be reimagined with deaf actors

Using an ensemble cast of deaf and hearing actors, director Lilac Yosiphon aims to explore the isolation felt by the deaf community during the Aids crisis in the 1980s

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2024

Billions of cicadas will buzz this spring as two broods emerge at the same time

Billions of cicadas will emerge this spring across eastern and southern states as two broods arrive simultaneously for the first time in more than 200 years.

WEKU · Jan 21, 2024

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WEKU · Jul 26, 2023

Cicadas ring out across Kentucky, but just wait until next year

The song of the Cicada may be sounding off in your neck of the woods this week. But, it’s nothing compared to the roar of abdomen-flexing insects anticipated in some parts of Kentucky in the next two years.

WEKU · May 16, 2023

Large ant mounds may be just what the yard doctor ordered

Springtime is a time for insects to make their presence known in a bigger way. That may be found in large brown dirt mounds around the yard.

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023

What happened to melodies in today’s movie musicals?

Movie musicals used to promise tunes for everyone forever, but is that kind of songwriting a lost art? Tim Rice and The Greatest Showman’s Greg Wells talk to Will Taylor

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2022

‘Why didn’t I notice the parallels?’ – Mark Ravenhill on finally seeing his own life in La Bohème

When he embarked upon a gay version of the classic opera, the playwright began to see himself – and elements of his breakthrough play – reflected in the Puccini’s tale of doomed love

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2022

On my radar: Paul Feig’s cultural highlights

The American comedian and director on feeling at home in Claridge’s, being moved by Bob Marley’s wife, and drinking with London’s king of the martini

Los Angeles Times · Jan 31, 2022

Andrew Garfield, Lin-Manuel Miranda join to make art that sings

Lin-Manuel Miranda warned Andrew Garfield he might not get it at first as he slid music and lyrics across the table. What Garfield did get, eventually, was a "long-lost brother" in the late Jonathan Larson, writer of the musical phenomenon "Rent." And, one supposes, by a kind of associative property,…

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