Anthony Rapp, Dee Roscioli & More Set for 'Paying the RENT!' at Joe's Pub, 4/12

Joe's Pub in New York City will host "Paying the RENT!" with Uncompromising Artistry Productions, a new theatre company based in NYC. The event will be a one-night only rock concert benefit with special guests Anthony Rapp from the original cast of RENT and If/Then, Dee Roscioli (Wicked), Tamika Lawrence (Matilda, If/Then), and Daniel Quadrino (Newsies, Wicked), alongside the cast of Uncompromising Artistry Productions' RENT which will be presented at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer in Scotland. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest performing arts festival in the world held every year in Scotland's capital city. The rest of the performers include Janet Krupin, Jonathan Christopher, Lyonel Renau, Michael Quadrino, Injoy Fountain, Zia, William Ferdinand, Deanna Giulietti, Magdiel Cabral, Michael Jayne Walker, Dan Tracy, Joseph Spinelli, and Junior Mendez. The evening is a benefit for the company and the production headed to Edinburgh.

Anthony Rapp, from the original Broadway cast of RENT is acting as production consultant on the project. "It's really exciting when I get to be anyway encouraging or involved in anyway in a production and that this show continues to have a life and that this group of incredibly talented young artists get to experience this living, breathing work of art that was made all those years ago and that still lives and still touches people all of the world and it has been wonderful to witness the early seeds being planted and this concert is a celebration of them coming together as artists to start their journey together on it and it is also one of the ways we're coming together to help make it happen."

Uncompromising Artistry Productions was founded by Samantha Cunha, Erin Mizer, and Michael Quadrino. Cunha and Quadrino graduated from Hofstra University, and Mizer graduated from Miami University. Their goal is to create opportunities for rising theatre artists. They strive to provide management support that allows our artists to focus solely on their creative process. They will be presenting Jonathan Larson's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning RENT at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, the largest performing arts festival in the world. More information on the company can be found at www.uaproductions.net

The concert will begin at 7:00pm. Tickets are $30 (Standard), $75 (Premium), $145 (VIP + Meet & Greet after the concert). Tickets can be purchased online at www.joespub.com or by calling (212) 967-7555