Rock opera that shook up Broadway hits K-town
Hun Lee  |  by www.knoxnews.com. All rights reserved. 6.11 | 20:41

There had been rock operas before, like "Tommy" and "The Wall." But the rock opera "Rent," which after 10 years continues on tour as one of the world's most popular musicals, was the first to make its reputation by lifting the story of a traditional opera and taking it to extremes that staid old Broadway had never seen. "Rent" will be presented at 7:30 p.

m. Nov. 6 and 7 at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium.

The musical is based on Puccini's "La Boheme," a story of the lives and loves of starving artists in 19th-century Paris. To create his Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "Rent," Jonathan Larson relocated the action to New York's Alphabet City in the early 1990s, and peopled it with gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender artists and musicians who struggle for survival during the AIDS epidemic. "Rent" is credited with attracting a younger generation to Broadway.

The musical celebrated its 10th anniversary in April and is currently the seventh-longest-running Broadway musical. Tickets for the Civic Auditorium performances are $20, $48 and $58 at Tickets Unlimited outlets (865-656-4444) and .

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