'Rent' to close June 1st
NEW YORK (AP) -January 16, 2008 The acclaimed musical chronicle of counterculture life and death
in Manhattan's East Village is a rock-inflected reinterpretation of
the Puccini opera "La Boheme." It will be the
seventh-longest-running Broadway show in history when it closes
June 1st.
The musical has grossed more than $280 million on Broadway and
$330 million more in productions elsewhere. It led to a 2005 movie
and fostered the careers of actors including Taye Diggs and Jesse
L. Martin.
The New York Times reports co-producer Jeffrey Seller says
ticket sales slowed noticeably in the fall.
