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Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo to make West End debut in Rent revival

A ‘thrillingly fresh’ 30th-anniversary production of Jonathan Larson’s musical will open at the Duke of York’s theatre in London, directed by Luke SheppardThe Pulitzer prize-winning musical Rent will return to London this autumn in a 30th-anniversary production starring Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo in his West End debut.The rock opera, based on Puccini’s La Bohème and set in New York’s East Village during the Aids crisis, ran for more than 5,000 performances on Broadway and won four Tony awa... Stranger Things star to make West End debut in Rent musical revival48 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleTiffany WertheimerEPA/ ShutterstockGaten Matarazzo became an international star after playing lovable nerd Dustin in Stranger ThingsStranger Things star, Gaten Matarazzo, will make his West End debut later this year, in a modern revival of rock musical, Rent.Celebrating 30 years since it first premiered on Broadway, Rent is about a group of struggling artists in New York in the 198...
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  • A ‘thrillingly fresh’ 30th-anniversary production of Jonathan Larson’s musical will open at the Duke of York’s theatre in London, directed by Luke SheppardThe Pulitzer prize-winning musical Rent will return to London this autumn in a 30th-anniversary productio... S1
  • Stranger Things star to make West End debut in Rent musical revival48 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleTiffany WertheimerEPA/ ShutterstockGaten Matarazzo became an international star after playing lovable nerd Dustin in Stranger ThingsStranger Thi... S2
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