Rent by Jonathan Larson | Resources

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Bordman, Gerald, and Thomas S. Hischak, The Concise Oxford Companion to American Theatre, Oxford University Press, 1987.

The comprehensive guide to American theater includes articles on relevant topics, such as “AIDS and the American Theatre.”

Galvin, Peter, “How the Show Goes On: An Interview with 'Roger, "Mimi,' and 'Mark,'” in Interview, Vol. 20, March 1996, p 105.

This interview with three of the original cast members—Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Anthony Rapp—focuses on the cast's reaction to Larson's death.

London, Herbert, Decade of Denial: A Snapshot of America in the 1990s, Lexington Books, 2001.

London charts the decade, which he considers to be a media-driven age, consumed by greed.

Shilts, Randy, And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, Stonewall Inn Editions, 2000.

The authors trace the impact of social and political forces...
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