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CentreStage Youth Theatre Brings Award Winning Musical, RENT to Limerick Audiences for Two Shows only!
CentreStage Youth Theatre presents the Broadway musical RENT Sunday April 25th in the LIT Millennium Theatre, Limerick at 3pm and 8pm. Tickets from 12.00 euro.
CYT is a new Youth Theatre Company causing quite a stir in Limerick. CYT have already focused their talents on a tremendous production of Les Miserable’s in UCH last April and ‘A Night at The Musicals’ and ‘CHESS in Concert’ at CentreSPACE Studios, Alphonsus Street, Limerick.
RENT is a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera, La Boheme. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of AIDS. It tells the unforgettable story of a group of young artists learning to survive, falling in love, finding their voices and living for today.
Artistic Director Richie Ryan has assembled an amazing cast of actors for CYT’s fourth production. Tommy Collison (ages 17) plays the role of Mark Cohen, a struggling documentary filmmaker and best friend of "Roger Davis", an HIV-positive musician who is recovering from heroin addiction played by Conor Clancy (17yrs). Isadora Killeen (age 17yrs) is Mimi Marquez; a sexy HIV-positive stripper and dancer who is also a heroin junkie and Roger's love interest.
Robyn Cahill (age 17) plays a spunky performance artist Maureen Johnson, who is Mark's ex-girlfriend and current girlfriend of Joanne Jefferson, a tough, headstrong Harvard-educated lawyer played by Aoife Doolan (age 17yrs).
Tom Collins, the HIV-positive philosophy teacher, friend and former roommate of Roger, Mark, and Maureen is played by Sophian Tlili (age 17yrs) Steven O’Brien (age 17yrs) is cast in the role of Angel Schunard, an HIV-positive Drag Queen with a heart of gold and Tom Collins' love interest. Benjamin "Benny" Coffin III, played by Darren O’Dea is the former friend and landlord of Mark, Roger and Mimi's apartment.
The rest of the cast includes: Niall O’Halloran, Aine Doolan, Vanessa Murray, Elizabeth Story, Shanann O‘Sullivan-Glynn, Conor O’Brien, Eimear Danagher, Mark Ryan, Kim Burke, Mags Kavanagh, Ashleigh Dorrell, Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Theo Byrne, Ciara Kelliher, Alison McCarthy, Evan O‘Sullivan-Glynn., Eimear Keyes, Carolann Guinne, Kate Griffin, Siobhan O.Neill, Rosin Cahill, Sara-Jane Kelly, Martha O.Brien, Muireann Carr and Maeve Guilfoyle.
The musical was first seen in a sold out, limited three-week workshop run at the New York Theatre Workshop in 1994. This same New York City off-Broadway theatre was also the musical’s initial home following its official January 25, 1996, opening. Tragically, the show’s creator, Jonathan Larson died suddenly the night before the off-Broadway premiere.
RENT, opened at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre, on April 29, 1996. The musical went on to win every major best musical award, including the Tony Award, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for drama. RENT played its final performance at the Nederlander Theatre on September 7, 2008 after playing 5,124 performances and 16 previews. RENT is the seventh longest running show in Broadway history and grossed over $280 million during its Broadway run. Over the course of its groundbreaking 12-year New York run, RENT transformed the definition of musical theater – and changed Broadway forever.
Tours of RENT have crisscrossed the country almost continuously since late 1996 and the U.S. national tours have grossed over $330 million. The musical has been translated into every major language and been performed on six continents, including in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The mission of CYT is to educate and provide quality theatrical experiences for young performers through the production of shows with contemporary social relevance.
Musical numbers include, Rent, Seasons of Love, One Song Glory, Light My Candle, Another Day, Over The Moon, Take Me Or Leave Me.
Limerick’s CentreStgae Youth Theatre is presenting the full, uncut version of RENT Sunday April 25th for two performances only in the LIT Millennium Threatre, Limerick. Tickets are from 12.00 euro.
RENT has changed Broadway forever and transformed how a generation feels about musical theatre. Whether it’s your 1st time or your 100th time, you won’t want to miss this production of RENT.
Recommended for Mature Audiences, RENT contains adult language and situations.
RENT
presented CentreStage Youth Theatre
Sunday 25th april at 3pm and 8 PM
LIT Millennium Theatre
Moylish Park
Limerick
Tel: 061 322 322
www.lit.ie
Director Richie Ryan
Music Director Maire Keary scanlon
Choreographer Susan Ryan
Assistant Musical Director: Eoin Scanlon
www.centrestageireland.com/youththeatre
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