Rock opera ‘Rent’ comes to Fort Myers Theatre
Rent is coming to Fort Myers Theatre. Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
Among the group are :
- nerdy
love-struck filmmaker Mark Cohen, - Mark’s former girlfriend and still the object of his affection, Maureen Johnson;
- Maureen’s Harvard-educated public interest lawyer Joanne Jefferson;
- Mark’s HIV-positive roommate, musician and former junkie, Roger Davis;
- Roger’s new girlfriend, the HIV-positive drug addicted S&M dancer,
Mimi Marquez; - Mark and Roger’s their former roommate, HIV-positive computer genius Tom Collins;
- Collins’ HIV-positive drag queen street musician/lover Angel; and
- Benjamin Coffin III, a former member of the group who married for money and has since become their landlord and
the opposite of everything they stand for.
How these young creatives negotiate their dreams, loves and conflicts in the 525,600 minutes that make up a year provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical. Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today.
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About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.