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the libretto. [24 Dec 2008|12:18am]
THE LIBRETTO: opening friday.
MAUREEN, joanne, benny, ORIGINAL CHARACTERS wanted!

In 1996, the American musical was reinvigorated and redifined when a low-budget, unexpected production took the stage at the then rarely-used Nederlander Theatre in New York City. With its rock and poppy music and its messages of love, friendship, and hope in even the toughest of circumstances, Jonathan Larson's RENT not only fused the MTV generation with the ol' Broadway, but would continue to leave its audiences with a feeling of catharsis after its loud and proud finale. The musical would later go on to a successful 12-year run on Broadway, spawn numerous successful tours, and would be adapted into a movie with much of the original cast reprising their roles.

All this was happening after its underrated playwright's tragic death. Jonathan Larson died in April of 1996, in the early morning of the same day RENT began previews off-Broadway.

While Larson never got to see the impact his late musical made on the American public, the legacy lives on even after its Broadway close, and legions of fans continue to be inspired by the production.

That's where The Libretto comes in.

Taking place immediately after the curtain call of the original production, this community is intended to infuse the messages of RENT into both beloved and player-made characters, as well as to develop every bohemian into a 3D, personable character within themselves.

In the familial atmosphere of the Life Cafe in the East Village, an anonymous, aspiring playwright has left a large, blank book to be viewed and written in by the cafe's various regulars. Jokingly called The Libretto by the cover, this book is used by the cafe's customers to get things off their chest, to ask for advice, or just to communicate within.

And sometimes, the bohemians might just find messages from the hidden Librettist as well...

What does your character have to say?

the communities
[info]thelibretto - the threading/note/in character community
[info]likefiction - the ooc comm for the libretto
[info]librettist - mod journal
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