Известно, что Рент не был первым мюзиклом, затрагивающим тему геев, но он и не первый мюзикл, в котором герои больны СПИДом.
Забрела вот на печальный
сайт о представителях творческих профессий, больных СПИДом или умерших от него. Нашла совершенно случайно, когда искала информацию о танцовщике Кристофере Чедмене, ученике и помощнике Фосси, который играл Людовика в "Пиппине".
Среди прочей инфрмации на сайте есть список мюзиклов и ревю, где звучит тема СПИДа. Почти половина из них была написана раньше Рента.
MUSICALS AND REVUES: PETER ALLEN* (songs), NICK ENRIGHT (book for U.S. production); MARTIN SHERMAN (book for original Australian production): The Boy From Oz (1998). Recorded: EMI International.
ERIC LANE BARNES: Fairy Tales (1995). Recorded: Firefly Records
MICHAEL BARTO: The Wizard of AIDS (1988?).
ROBERT BERG (music), WENDELL JONES and DAVID STANLEY (words): AIDS, The Musical (1991).
TRISTAN BONS, TY KROLL and FILIP VON UEXKULL (music), ROBERT GOULD and JIMMY GRANSTROM (book and lyrics): The Dying Game (year unknown).
KARL BROWN and MATTHEW MCQUEEN (words and music):
The AIDS Show (1984)
Unfinished Business: The New AIDS Show (1985)
CY COLEMAN (music) and IRA GASMAN (lyrics): The Life (1997). Recorded: Sony Classical SK-63312 (Broadway); RCA 68001 (concept album)
STEPHEN DOLGINOFF: Most Men Are (1995). Recorded: Original Cast 9532 (highlights)
WILLIAM FINN (music), James Lapine and William Finn (book): The Falsettos, musical. Consists of: March of the Falsettos (1981) and Falsettoland (1990). Recorded: DRG 12581 (March of the Falsettos)
BRIAN GARI: A Hard Time to be Single (1991). Recorded: Original Cast 913
BOY GEORGE (music), MARK DAVIES-MARKHAM (book): Taboo (2002).
STEVE GOLDRING: And Now, For My Next Life (1992).
JANET HOOD (music) and BILL RUSSELL (book, lyrics): Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (1993). Recorded: First Night Cast 35 (original London cast); Fynsworth Alley 302 062 113 2 (New York concert cast)
PAUL KATZ (music) and HENRY MACH (book): Dirty Dreams of a Clean-Cut Kid (1990).
JONATHAN LARSON: Rent (1996). Recorded: Dreamworks 50003 (original New York cast); several foreign language recordings
DAN MARTIN (music) and MICHAEL BIELLO (lyrics): Breathe (1999). www.biellomartin.com
SCOTT MILLER: In The Blood (1995)
CYNDY O'CONNELL (music) and LARRY JOHNSON (book, lyrics): All That He Was (1993). Source: Samuel French, Inc., 45 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10010, (212) 206-8990. Recorded: Highly Unlikely 72066
JAMES J. MELLON: An Unfinished Song (1991). Recorded: Triangle
STEVE SCHALCHLIN** (music) and JIM BROCHU (libretto): The Last Session (1997). Recorded: EMG Productions 1004. www.bonusround.com
GLENN SCHELLENBERG (music), JOHN GREYSON and GLENN SCHELLENBERG (lyrics): Zero Patience, A Musical About AIDS (1994). Recorded: Milan 887971
MICHAEL STOCKLER (music), JIM MORGAN (lyrics and book), MERLE HUBBARD and JOHN SCHAK (book): Quilt: A Musical Celebration (1992). Source: Music Theatre International www.mtishows.com
TOM WILSON WEINBERG: Ten Percent Revue (1988). www.users.voicenet.com/~weinberg/index.htm
FRANK ZAPPA: Thingfish (1984). Recorded: Rykodisk
Members of the FREDDIE HENDRICKS YOUTH ENSEMBLE OF ATLANTA: Times (date unknown). www.fhyea.org