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Catch the farewell tour of RENT at Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts

After 25 years, the RENT National Tour is coming to an end, and you can see it at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.

Tickets are on sale now for the Sunday, November 21st show. If you’ve never seen it on stage, it’s worth the drive over. If you’ve seen it before, it’s always worth seeing again. Here are some fun facts about the show, according to the press release: 

Tours of RENT have crisscrossed the country almost continuously since 1996, with the latest tour alone playing 5 countries, 237 cities, and 1,005 performances. RENT received its world premiere off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop on February 13, 1996 to ecstatic reviews and transferred to Broadway on April 29, 1996. RENT won the 1996 Tony Award® for Best Musical as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The musical has been translated into every major language and has been performed in 27 countries across six continents.

RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour
Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
600 N East Street
Bloomington
November 21st, 6:30 p.m.

Top photo provided by Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.

Staff writer

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