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Monday 2 october 2017

Aruban Premiere of the Tony Award Winning Musical ‘Rent’

ORANJESTAD - Cas di Cul- Love’. RENT on Aruba fea-
tura & Muse Theater and tures a cast of profession-
Events presents the Tony al actors from New York
Award and Pulitzer Prize City including actors who
winning Broadway musical have recently performed
RENT, starting November on Broadway. RENT will be
1st. Cas Di Cultura’s first major
professional international
The limited engagement musical event in its nearly
will play through November 60-year history. Cas di Cul-
5th. This marks the very first tura will produce the show
time that a world famous locally in collaboration with
musical will have ever Muse Theater & Events. This
been performed in Aruba, production is made pos-
signifying a very exciting sible by UNOCA, Prins Ber-
moment in Cas Di Cultura’s nhard Cultuurfonds and
history. In 1996, Jonathan Elite Productions. Departa-
Larson’s thrilling rock musi- mento di Cultura Aruba will
cal RENT took Broadway by support with the realization
storm, becoming a land- of performances for local
mark American musical, high schools. The artistic as-
performed more than 5000 pect is in the hands of On
times. This evocative and The Quays, an international
timeless story about what it theater company based
means to be a young adult in New York, dedicated to
and striving, follows the creating and producing
journey of a group of friends work in theatre, film and
faced with crisis, forcing digital media. As a compa-
them to make the decision ny On the Quays is inspired
to either split apart or stay to tell relevant and engag-
together. Based on the ing stories. Their production
opera La Bohéme, Larson of RENT garnered 5-star
infused the original story reviews, hailed as “RENT
with characters familiar to for a new generation, with
him and the world he was a faultless cast, exquisite
experiencing in New York’s performances, and vocals
bohemian East Village, un- that move the soul.”
der the shadow of the HIV/ RENT’s premiere will be on
AIDS epidemic, in the early the 1st of November at
1990s. RENT illuminates the 7:00pm and continues with
power of community and a performances on Novem-
human’s necessity and ca- ber 3rd, 4th at 8:00pm and
pability to love in the dark- November 5th at 3:00pm
est of times. Love is one of at Cas di Cultura. Tickets
RENT’s central themes and will be available at Cas Di
celebrates love of all kinds, Cultura, Super Food Plaza,
using it as means to cope Fresh Market Paradera
with loss and struggle, en- and DeWit & VanDorp San
couraging the audience to Nicolas. Tickets can also be
“measure your life in love”, purchased by calling +297
as sung in the renowned 582 1010 or e-mail to ticket-
hit from RENT, ‘Seasons of ing@casdicultura.aw.q