Lexi Lawson was cast as the lead role of Mimi Marquez. The Broadway tour began on January 6, 2009, in Cleveland, Ohio and closed in Sacramento, CA on February 7, 2010. The tour ended after a critically acclaimed and highly successful tour in North America and Asia. This current tour had logged over 54,000 miles playing 373 performances in 39 cities.
Rent, written by Jonathan Larson, opened at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996 following a history making, sold out, extended limited engagement at off-Broadway's New York Theatre Workshop. Inspired by Puccini's La Bohème, Rent tells the story of a group of young artists struggling in New York's East Village in the early 1990's and the obstacles they face, including AIDS, homelessness, poverty, lack of healthcare, and homophobia.
