Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA will present Rent in Concert March 15 at 7:30 PM. The symphonic concert evening will be directed by Sammi Cannold (How to Dance in Ohio) and conducted by Sarah Hicks. 

The cast will include Grammy winner Abigail Barlow (The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical) as Maureen, Frankie Rodriguez (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series) as Angel, Warren Egypt Franklin (Hamilton) as Collins, Kennedy Holmes (The Voice) as Joanne, Coby Getzug (Merrily We Roll Along) as Mark, Jasiana Caraballo (Dogman: The Musical) as Mimi, and Tyler Matthew Burk (Jersey Boys) as Roger. 

Rounding out the company will be Blake Brewer, Chachi Delgado, Neema Muteti, and Caroline Pernick.

Originally directed on Broadway by Michael Greif, Rent opened at the Nederlander Theatre April 29, 1996, following previews that began April 16. The musical received 10 1996 Tony nominations, ultimately winning four, including Best Musical. Larson's work also won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. After 16 previews and 5,123 regular performances, the production played its final performance September 7, 2008.

Set in Manhattan in the 1990s and inspired by Puccini’s opera La Bohème, the hit musical follows a group of young East Village artists, performers, and philosophers as they struggle through the hardships of poverty, societal discord, and the AIDS epidemic in the search for life, love, and art.

With a book, music, and lyrics by Larson, symphonic orchestrations by Sean O’Loughlin, and casting by Peter Dunn, Rent in Concert is created and produced by AMP Worldwide and licensed by Music Theatre International.

The world premiere symphonic concert adaptation of the late Larson's rock opera premiered in July 2023 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, directed by Cannold. In January, the work was staged at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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