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Broadway Shows Rent - The People's Favorite

Broadway shows are one of the most popular sources of entertainment for the people of New York. People are really fond of musical show and that is why you find large number of people gathering before the counters for theatre tickets to view their favorite shows. Rent tops the list of such Broadway musical shows. Basically a rock musical, the Rent has lilting lyrics saddled with inspiring music by Jonathon Larson.

Rent is the story of young and aspirant artists and musicians that are struggling to get recognition in the world of entertainment. In United States and New York City in particular, Broadway musical shows are very popular. The young aspirants aimed to be parts of city concerts and such other events, especially the Broadway show Rent. The interesting part of the tale is how these artists fight against the threat of AIDS.

In fact the Rent covered almost all aspects of the causes of AIDS like lesbianism, gay sexuality, bisexuality, and transgender sexual habits displaying such attitudes through characters in the Broadway musical. The uniqueness of Rent lies in the fact that it transmitted message relating to one of the most controversial subjects through the most conservative media, the musical theater. An achievement of these shows was the growing popularity of musicals and revival of musical theaters.

Broadway Show Rent has won many laurels, the most notable among them is the American Tony Award and also the coveted Pulitzer Prizes. The Broadway Musical attempts at bridging the huge generation gap, which is the reason for many social problems and at the same time transcends a social message.

Appearing for the first time in the New York City on the 13th February, 1996 the Broadway Musicals started making waves immediately. The first appearance was not in the Broadway but in a theater hall and thereafter it moved on to become the most popular Broadway Musical ever. In fact Rent was so popular that tickets were hard to come by. The Broadway musical theater commenced on April 29th, 1996.

The success of Rent lies in the fact that on the one hand it received critical acclaim for being one of the high class off the track musical and on the other hand the public accepting it so much so that there was a regular competition for the theater tickets. The tickets for the Broadway Show like Rent are still in high demand. It is evident from the simple fact that the show is still running to a packed audience even after completing 4300 performances, a record of sort. Though it is yet to match the phenomenal achievements of the Broadway Musical "The Phantom of the Opera", its run has turned out to be the second longest in the history of Broadway Shows in the entire country ahead of the other blockbuster "The Beauty and the Beast".

An interesting incident was the adoption of the Broadway Musical into a complete motion picture in 2005. Rent is a musical film, which has received rave reviews from all quarters.