Rent's Legacy & Reputation Today
Having spent the last few years writing a book on Larson's work and methods, I feel pretty qualified to answer this (and will save the shilling and the link for the end). The question of RENT's ongoing legacy and reputation is hard to judge for a couple reasons, not least of which because the show is such a product of its era. Changes in HIV treatment, LGBT visibility and vocabulary, and the shift of wealth and property in New York all mean that a considerably progressive work of and for its ...
