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SEASONS OF LOVE: Sarah Amengual (Mimi) and Ken Clark (Roger) rehearse “I Should Tell You” from “RENT,” which opens Wednesday at the Ring Theatre.
BRITTNEY BOMNIN // Photo Editor
RENTing
the Ring
The Miami Vol. 88, Issue 22 | April 19 - April 21, 2010 HURRICANE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929
“RENT,” the record-breaking rock opera, will
be epic as the University of Miami’s Department
of Theatre Arts’ high-energy season comes to a
close.
The Tony Award-winning musical, which
was written by Jonathan Larson and based off
of Giacomo Puccini’s legendary opera, “La
Bohéme,” first premiered in 1996. It is about a
group of young struggling artists during the 1980s
on the Lower East Side of New York City. With
its powerful contemporary rock score, the musi-cal
addresses issues such as poverty, drug-abuse,
bisexuality and AIDS. Students and faculty have
been developing, designing and rehearsing to
adapt “RENT” to the Jerry Herman Ring The-atre’s
unique circular stage.
“With the Broadway production, sometimes
there was often too much activity on stage to
follow the story,” said Christine Kellogg, co-direc-tor
and choreographer.
BY DAVID SARGENT | CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER
DANGEROUS CROSSING
SIX STUDENTS DIED CROSSING U.S. 1,
WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT? PAGE 3
ELEPHANTS VS. DONKEYS
WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR EITHER TO COME
OUT ON TOP THIS NOVEMBER PAGE 9
A GALLOPING FINISH
EQUESTRIAN TEAM, A LITTLE KNOWN
CLUB, MAKES IT TO NATIONALS PAGE 16
SEE RENT, PAGE 14
‘RENT’ takes Jerry Herman Ring Theatre by storm