EXCLUSIVE: Gaten Matarazzo, who excelled as fast-talking Dustin Henderson on smash-hit Netflix sci-fi horror drama Stranger Things, will make his London stage debut in an exciting revival of Jonathan Larson’s landmark musical Rent, which will premiere at the West End in the fall, Deadline can reveal.
Rent will begin performances at the Duke of York’s Theatre on September 26, with an official opening night October 8. Tickets are set to go on sale at noon UK time Tuesday. Watch on Deadline
Harper and Friedman are just as passionate about it.
This production of Rent will be produced by Chris Harper Productions, Sonia Friedman Productions, Winkler & Smalberg and Julie Larson, in association with the Hope Mill Theatre. (The original was produced on Broadway by Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S. Gordon and the New York Theatre Workshop.)
I well remember seeing Rent at NYTW and meeting the original company to do a newspaper feature. I have a memory of the company performing “Seasons of Love” from the show under the Brooklyn Bridge — one of the most extraordinary times. I saw three previews of Rent back to back at the Nederlander. The Hope Mill production I saw on video comes close to capturing some of that same raw energy I felt seeing the original in the ’90s.
Even so, it was moving and had fire in its belly.
And what about ticket prices? Harper says there will be 10,000 tickets priced at the UK equivalent of $46 or under.
Source: deadline.com