Rock Opera Rent with Jai Rodriguez (Queer Eye) from Musical Theatre West
Carpenter Performing Arts Center, CSULB (6200 Atherton Street Long Beach, CA 90815)
- Full Price:
- $42.50 - $82.50
- Our Price:
- $20.00 - $42.50*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for Rent have expired.
The last date listed for Rent was Sunday December 20, 2009 / 2:00pm.
Currently at Carpenter Performing Arts Center, CSULB:
Man of La Mancha: Tony-Winning Classic from Musical Theatre West
- Full Price:
- $53.00 - $68.00
- Our Price:
- $26.50 - $34.00
Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Composer and Lyricist, the classic musical Man of La Mancha retells the timeless story of Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote, as a play-within-a-play. The author Cervantes re-enacts his story of the mad knight, a dying old man who lives in a world of his imagination as he awaits his hearing in the Spanish Inquisition. The show features the songs "Dulcinea," "I'm Only Thinking of Him," "I Really Like Him" and the show-tune standard, "The Impossible Dream." Davis Gaines, best known for starring in The Phantom of the Opera for more than 2000 performances in Los Angeles, San Francisco and on Broadway, plays Quixote. Learn More
Goldstar Member Tips
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Ashley B. on What to Wear
It's a pretty casual theatre, but I say wear something decent.
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Patrick Keller on Other
Seeing any show at the Carpenters Theatre in Long Beach is the best, cuz every seat is excellent!
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Ashley B. on Where to Park
$5 on the school campus. Parking on streets nearby I believe.
Goldstar Member Reviews
Martha K.
I've seen productions of Rent at the Pantages and at OCPAC. This was as good as any of them. Powerful performances in a venue where no seat is a bad seat. Our Goldstar seats couldn't have been better.Written on Dec 21 2009
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Rita B.
This show is great! Jai Rodriguez is SUPERB!!! He is the best Mimi!! I loved him and the show!!Written on Dec 14 2009
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ELLEN
This was raunchy and a major disappointment. The discription of this show should have stated it would be R rated. I couldn't wait for the intermission to leave. Saying this was a modern La Boheme was a major stretch.Written on Dec 14 2009
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Mariel Crow
I've seen this play in Broadway and have also seen the movie. The show the other night is comparable to them. The actors all had wonderful voices, especially Angel. I like how Jai Rodriguez didn't have to scream his part. His voice came out clean and angelic. I can tell that he's a veteran of Broadway.Written on Dec 14 2009
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Description
Rent is one of the most popular musicals in theater history. With a twelve year run on Broadway, the show is an update of the Puccini’s La Boheme, but takes place in late 20th century New York. The gritty subject material and powerful songs of the young creator combined to make the show a new icon of modern musical theater. Writer and composer Jonathan Larson set out to transform the tragic opera into a modern day New York setting, complete with rock music. The story of Rent follows the lives of a group of young artists in New York City's East Village. In addition to being too poor to pay rent on their apartments, several of the members of the group are HIV positive. The play revolves around three couples, Collins and the cross-dressing Angel, the often-fighting Mimi and Roger, and the always-fighting Joanne and Maureen. The final member of the group is Mark, a filmmaker who spends more time taping the lives of his friends than he spends living his own life. All of the members of the group refuse to live a traditional lifestyle, embracing bohemian concepts and surviving as well as they can.
About the Ticket Supplier: Musical Theatre West
Musical Theatre West is one of Southern California's oldest and most respected regional musical theatre companies and draws more than 60,000 patrons to Long Beach's Carpenter Performing Arts Center. Now in its 53rd season, Musical Theatre West is the fastest growing arts organization in Long Beach and is dedicated to preserving musical theatre as a unique American art form.