"Seasons of Love": A Rent Timeline
07 Sep 2008
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Jonathan Larson
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The following Rent timeline appears in the Playbill for the final performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sept. 7 at the Nederlander Theatre.
1993
6/17/93
First staged reading of RENT at the New York Theater Workshop
1994
10/29-11/6/94
Studio workshop producition at NYTW
1995
12/19/95
First rehearsal for the Off-Broadway Production at NYTW
1996
1/9/96
The RENT band begins rehearsals
1/20/96
Acting company & band first rehearsal together on stage at NYTW
1/24/96
Final dress rehearsal at NYTW
1/25/96
Jonathan Larson [2/4/60 - 1/25/96]
First scheduled preview replaced by memorial performance
1/26/96
First preview at NYTW
2/13/96
Opening night at NYTW
3/21/96
Tech load-in begins at the Nederlander Theatre
3/27/96
Filmed "B" roll at NYTW
3/31/96
NYTW closing night
(69 performances over 10 weeks)
4/2/96
First rehearsal for Broadway transfer
4/9/96
RENT wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama
4/10/96
First technical rehearsal on stage at the Nederlander Theatre with acting company & band
4/16/96
First preview on Broadway (16 previews)
4/29/96
RENT opens on Broadway the same night it wins three Obie Awards: Outstanding Ensemble Performance; Outstanding Direction; Outstanding Book, Music & Lyrics
6/2/96
RENT wins four Tony Awards: Best Musical; Best Book of a Musical; Best Score of a Musical; Featured Actor in a Musical--Wilson Jermaine Heredia
8/26/96
RENT performs at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
8/27/96
RENT Cast Album is released
11/18/96
First National Tour ("Angel" Company) opens at the Shubert Theatre in Boston
1997
9/28/97
Second National Tour ("Benny" Company) opens in Los Angeles
11/97
RENT opens at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Canada
1998
5/12/98
RENT opens in London
9/20/98
The 1,000th performance on Broadway
9/24/98
RENT opens in Japan
10/19/98
RENT commercial filmed at 54 Bond Street
2001
2/11/01
The 2,000th performance on Broadway
2003
7/11/03
The 3,000th performance on Broadway
2005
12/10/05
The 4,000th performance on Broadway
2006
3/5/06
RENT passes Miss Saigon to become the seventh-longest running show in Broadway history
2008
5/23/08
The 5,000th performance on Broadway
9/7/08
Closing night at the Nederlander Theatre (5,124 performances, 16 previews)
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