Inspired by "La Boheme," Rent follows the lives of a group of friends living in the Lower East Side of manhattan. Each struggling to pay the rent, fulfill their vocation, and put their lives on a firm foundation, searching for love and purpose. The play centers around Roger and Mimi, both HIV-positive and afraid of love and life.

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1996 Tony Award
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
(Wilson Jermaine Heredia)

1996 Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Book
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
(Wilson Jermaine Heredia)
Outstanding Orchestrations
Outstanding Lyrics
Outstanding Music

1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

1996 Theatre World Award
Adam Pascal
Daphne Rubin-Vega

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