Angela Wendt News

Blues/Rock Opera THE MOBY DICK BLUES Begins Performances at La MaMa

by Emmy Rice — June 7, 2025

The Moby Dick Blues runs June 7 - 22, 2025 in a limited engagement at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street in New York City.

THE MOBY DICK BLUES World Premiere to be Presented at La MaMa

by Chloe Rabinowitz — May 20, 2025

La MaMa will present The Forty Hour Club's world premiere of The Moby Dick Blues, an epic new blues/rock opera written and created by Michael Gorman, directed by Joe John Battista.

THE MOBY DICK BLUES To Have World Premiere At La MaMa In June

by A.A. Cristi — May 19, 2025

La MaMa will present The Forty Hour Club's world premiere of The Moby Dick Blues, an epic new blues/rock opera written and created by Michael Gorman, directed by Joe John Battista, with original music by Battista and lyrics by Gorman.

Video: Neil Patrick Harris Stars In RENT at La Jolla Playhouse In 1997

by A.A. Cristi — December 30, 2024

Check out throwback video from a 1997 production of Jonathan Larson's RENT at La Jolla Playhouse, led by future Tony Award-winner Neil Patrick Harris.

Listen: SINGULAR SENSATION Releases Miniseries on the Making of RENT

by Chloe Rabinowitz — May 15, 2024

Broadway Podcast Network has released the second miniseries of the new podcast, “Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway,” hosted by journalist and Broadway columnist Michael Riedel.

BWW Review: Broadway San Jose's Limited Run of RENT is Glorious

by Linda Hodges — April 9, 2022

Broadway San Jose's limited run of Jonathan Larson's RENT is a glorious time of raw-energy rock, as well as a heartrending reminder to measure your life in love.

RENT Announces Digital Lottery At The Dolby Theatre

by A.A. Cristi — April 6, 2022

Broadway in Hollywood today announced a digital lottery for RENT at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, for all 8 performances between April 12 – 17, 2022.

BWW Review: RENT at The National Theatre

by Hannah Wing — March 27, 2022

RENT's 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour, directed by Evan Ensign, is a reminder of the decades of love that this musical has brought to so many people, especially the LGBTQIA+ community.

RENT Is Coming To Colorado Springs!

by A.A. Cristi — March 14, 2022

The American Theatre Guild presents the Colorado Springs engagement of RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour at the Pikes Peak Center.

RENT's Tommy Kaiser Takes Over Our Instagram Today!

by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling — March 6, 2022

Tommy Kaiser, college winner of Next on Stage season two and current swing/Mark and Roger understudy, is taking over our Instagram story today, March 6! Don't miss his behind the scenes look at the tour's two show day in Philadelphia.

Musical Hit LIZZIE To Premiere in New York

by Nicole Rosky — February 12, 2022

Lizzie, a musical by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt, with lyrics by Cheslik-DeMeyer and Tim Maner, is making its New York premiere on February 26th, 2022.

The Farewell Tour Of RENT Comes To Lubbock!

by A.A. Cristi — February 8, 2022

The American Theatre Guild will present the Lubbock engagement of the highly anticipated RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour.

BWW Review: RENT National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center

by Jeffrey Kare — January 29, 2022

Loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera, La bohème, Rent follows a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City's East Village in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.

$32 Digital Lottery Announced for RENT in Dallas

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 28, 2022

Dallas Summer Musicals and Broadway Across America announced that a digital lottery will be held for the RENT 25TH Anniversary Farewell Tour, returning to Dallas’ Music Hall at Fair Park from February 18-20, 2022 as part of the Germania Insurance Broadway Series presented by DSM.