Arts & Entertainment

"Rent" Returns To Massachusetts For A New Generation Nearly 30 Years After Broadway Debut

"It was in your face and big and different," said Robert McDonough, the music director of the Company Theatre in Norwell.

(CBS Boston)

March 11, 2025

Nearly 30 years after "Rent" debuted on Broadway, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning show still has an impact as it returns to Massachusetts.

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"Rent" changed the idea of what musical theater could be and continues to change it today. The rock opera, set in the late 90s, altered the landscape.

"It was in your face and big and different," said Robert McDonough, the music director of the Company Theatre in Norwell.

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