The Jewish Ensemble Theatre presents

By Herb Gardner

"Herb Gardner's
best play.
Pungent, deeply
felt and very
powerful."

– Clive Barnes,
New York Post

Performances
Wed. 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.,
Thur. 7:30 p.m.,
Sat. 8 p.m.,
Sun. 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
In The Aaron DeRoy Theatre

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6600 West Maple Road,
West Bloomfield

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Oct.25 - Nov.26, 2000

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ent, the Tony Award-winning rock-opera, is based on Puccini's La
Boheme, which opened the Michigan Opera Theatre's fall season. But
while La Boheme takes place in 19th-century Paris, Rent is about life in pres-
ent-day bohemia — Manhattan's East Village — where multiracial strug-
gling artists of various sexual orientations try to make their mark while
struggling with AIDS and poverty. Adapted from the Albuquerque Tribune,
here's a brief look at the differences between Puccini's and Larson's operas:

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R,ager, the HIV-posid.ve rock musi-
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Rodolfo sets his script on fire, as
Marcello And Colline rate the
drama according to the blaze it
produces.

Roger burns posters from his rock
concerts when he and Mark run
g out of wood in their electricity-
deprived apartment.

Mimi knocks on Rodolfo's door,
asking him to light her candle.
When she drops her key, he finds
and hides it in his pocket.

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she drops her heroin, he finds and
hides it in his pocket.

Rodolfo doesn't join his friends out

Roger doesn't join his friends out
on the town because he wants to
work on writing one great song.

on the town in order to finish his

1 newspaper article.

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