Rent School Edition

Rent School Edition
La Vie Boheme! Jonathan Larson's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love.

Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent School Edition is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, it has become a pop cultural phenomenon with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages.

Based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, Rent School Edition follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The physical and emotional complications of the disease pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom and Angel. Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble. Benny has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical.

Rent School Edition is exuberant, passionate and joyous. Schools will love the freedom and flexibility that this show offers; minimal costuming and sets are required. This adaptation has been carefully done, working with the Larson estate to retain the dramatic intent of the groundbreaking rock musical, and consists of minimal changes to language and the removal of one song ("Contact") to make it possible for many schools to perform this piece.

Concert Selections for Rent

MTI is pleased to provide the pre-approved rental materials of select songs for your symphonic concert performance. Please note, MTI is unable to grant the necessary Performance Rights with this material rental. The Performance Rights needed must be obtained separately through the individual song’s respective small rights agency such as ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC. Please email concerts@mtishows.com with any questions.

  • FINALE B
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    $100
    Music by
    Jonathan Larson
    Lyrics by
    Jonathan Larson
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    Arrangement Details
    Song Type: Show Extraction
    Starting Key
    C
    Estimated duration
    2 min 59 sec
    Instrumentation
    (2x) PIANO/CONDUCTOR SCORE, (20x) VOCAL BOOK, (1x) GUITAR 1 (Electric), (1x) GUITAR 2/KEYBOARD 2 (Keyboard ONLY), (1x) BASS (Electric), (1x) DRUMS
  • I'LL COVER YOU
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    $175
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    Music by
    Jonathan Larson
    Lyrics by
    Jonathan Larson
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    Arrangement Details
    Song Type: Show Extraction
    Instrumentation

    2 Piano Conductor Score, 1 Guitar (Electric), 1 Keyboard (Guitar 2), 1 Bass (Electric), 1 Drum Set

  • ONE SONG GLORY
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    Music by
    LARSON, JONATHAN
    Lyrics by
    LARSON, JONATHAN
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    Arrangement Details
    Song Type: Show Extraction
    Arranged for
    1 Voice (Typically Male)
    Starting Key
    F♯
    Instrumentation

    1 Bass, 1 Drums, 2 Guitars, 2 Piano Conductor Scores

  • OUT TONIGHT
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    $175
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    $100
    Music by
    Jonathan Larson
    Lyrics by
    Jonathan Larson
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    Arrangement Details
    Song Type: Show Extraction
    Arranged for
    1 Voice (Typically Female)
    Starting Key
    A
    Estimated duration
    3 min 49 sec
    Instrumentation

    1 Bass, 1 Drums, 2 Guitars, 2 Piano Conductor Scores

  • SEASONS OF LOVE
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    $175
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    $100
    Music by
    Jonathan Larson
    Lyrics by
    Jonathan Larson
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    Arrangement Details
    Song Type: Show Extraction
    Arranged for
    Chorus (with Featured Solos)
    Starting Key
    BFile:Flat.svg
    Estimated duration
    2 min 51 sec
    Instrumentation

    1 Bass, 1 Guitar, 1 Drums, 1 Organ, 2 Piano Conductor Scores, 20 Chorus Books

  • WITHOUT YOU
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    First Performance Fee:
    $175
    Each Additional Performance:
    $100
    Music by
    Jonathan Larson
    Lyrics by
    Jonathan Larson
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    Arrangement Details
    Song Type: Show Extraction
    Starting Key
    D
    Estimated duration
    4 min 21 sec
    Instrumentation

    (4x) PIANO/CONDUCTOR SCORE; (1x) GUITAR 1: Acoustic; (1x) GUITAR 2/KEYBOARD: Keyboard; (1x) BASS: Electric; (1x) DRUMS

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Questions & Answers

August 28, 2018
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Orchestration specifies Guitar 2/ Keyboard. Can this be two players, one on each?
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October 02, 2017
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Materials Included

Hello, I had a general question about what materials are included in the school editions. Is doing a school edition title like doing a Jr./KIDS title, where you get a show kit that you get to keep (ie. the scripts) and do you get the accompaniment CD included with the show or do you need to get that separately?

Thanks!

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September 26, 2017
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Rent a graduate production

I'm a senior student from National Taiwan University of Art Drama department. We are planning to perform "Rent " as our graduation production. We want to know if it is available, and how much does it cost to buy the copyright. Thanks for reading and answering the question.

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August 31, 2017
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For Rent: Do rights need to be secured for high school students competing with a single scene at our State Drama Festival?

Our students are able to compete with scenes from musical theatre this year.  The scene can only be five minutes long and is adjudicated by a professional (theatre teacher, college professor, or professional working in the field). My students are looking to perform a scene from Rent.  Do they need to secure rights and pay royalties to perform a scene for our State Drama Festival?  

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August 22, 2016
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Since Rent is on tour, is it available to community theaters?
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August 22, 2016
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Since Rent is on tour, is it available to community theaters?
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Are non-professional community theaters allowed to license the school edition and cast adults? We have a very conservative patronage that would be much more receptive to the school edition.
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December 28, 2015
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Review
Hi! We are interested in performing about 8 songs from Rent in a chorus performance. No plot or costumes, a review type style. Where might I get licensing for such a performance? Thank you for your help :)
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January 24, 2013
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Rent the School Edition
Our school is contemplating proposing RENT: TSE for our fall musical. We have roughly 2,500 students in medium size city in Wisconsin. We are looking to find other schools who have produced RENT as a means to address questions we may have. We have strong student support for the show, but we are mindful of the community reaction. Here are some questions that we have;1) What rationale did you use in the proposal of RENT?2) Did you have issues with males or females playing the roles of: Angel, Collins, Maureen?3) If you produced the show, did you receive any backlash from teh community, or were they pretty supportive?Any recommendations or personal antidotes about your production will be helpful for us in making our decision. Our plan is to overview the perusal, and then we would like to talk to some of the schools that produce the show before pitching the show to our administration. If we receive teh go ahead, we will have a student and parent meeting to talk about why we are doing the show.
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September 25, 2009
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Scaffolding for RENT
I'll be directing Rent in Brooklyn and wanted to know how I go about renting scaffolding for sets. Does anyone have any idea about how a process like that works?
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