Show: RENT
Theater: Reading Civic Theatre
Theater Website: https://readingcivic.org/
Show runs: 08/21/2026 to 08/30/2026
Rent is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson. Loosely based on the 1896 opera La Boheme, it tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan’s East Village, in the thriving days of the boheme culture of Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
On Broadway, Rent gained critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Musical. The Broadway production closed on September 7, 2008, after 12 years, making it one of the longest running shows on Broadway.
The success of the show led to several national tours and numerous foreign productions. In 2005, it was adapted into a motion picture featuring six of the eight principal cast members from the 1996 stage premiere.
Theater Address: 4350 Perkiomen Ave Exeter, Pennsylvania 19606 (Map It)
Theater Phone: (610) 404-2568
Theater Amenities:
Price: $25.00/$35.00
Purchase tickets online: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/readingcivic/6949
