Rent (musical)
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Rent is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson. Loosely based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa, it tells the story of a group
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Rent at David Nederlander Theatre in Manhattan, New York City
The 2005 cast of Rent performing "Seasons of Love" at Broadway on Broadway
Daphne Rubin-Vega
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Daphne Rubin-Vega is a Panamanian actress and singer. She is best known for originating the roles of Mimi Marquez in the 1996 premiere of the Broadway musical Rent and Lucy in the 2007 premiere of the
Rent (musical)
…the predecessor of "What You Own", with a backing track similar to this in "Your Eyes" This workshop version of Rent starred Anthony Rapp as Mark and Daphne Rubin-Vega as Mimi. Larson continued to work on Rent, gradually reworking its flaws and staging more workshop productions. On January 24, 1996, after the musical's…
Rubin-Vega in 2026