THEATER | Stage phenomenon

Springfield Municipal Opera (The Muni) ends its 2013 season with the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical that made a sensational 12-year run on Broadway. This local production of Rent will run for three consecutive weekends in September. Based loosely on Puccini’s opera La Boheme, Rent tells the story of seven artists, musicians and creatives finding their voices and living in the now in the hustle and bustle of an AIDS-ravaged New York City in the 90s. Directed by Mac Warren and sponsored by Springfield Clinic.