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more about #rent more comments → JacquesPaysan: I object to the spelling "theatre." more » JacquesPaysan: So I guess this means my high school won't be doing Lysistrata... more » OMG! Ponies!: I don't think it should be performed in high schools either. Mainly because of the message it sends about AIDS. And that message is that if you're so... more » eatsshootsleaves: Wait, some high schools don't allow prostitution in their school plays? THERE GO HALF THE MUSICALS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. There were few plays I wa... more » iplaudius: I thought it was clear that Mimi was a prostitute, but no matter. There’s plenty of material in Rent that most people would find inappropriate for h... more » Tremonius: Taking any show with content on the road down south reminds me of my favorite campaign stop story. The Reagoons, Mr and Mrs, at a nursing home. Ronnie... more » tammyfey: I remember back when we did Oklahoma at my boys' boarding school, no one seemed to object to the "I'm just a girl who can't say no" gangbang scene. more » TedSez: My high school wouldn't let us put on a certain play because it was too "racy" -- it was Candide. (And, no, I didn't grow up in France in the 1700s.) more » El Matardillo: You can talk, you can talk You can bicker, you can talk You can bicker, bicker, bicker You can talk, you can talk You can talk, talk, talk, talk, Bick... more » meg9: The high school near my college tried to perform the vagina monologues a few years ago (Amherst, MA) I can't imagine how many teachers and parents at... more » EleanorRigby: I can't wait for the rights to Taboo and Spring Awakening to be available for high school productions. more » City_Dater: Imagine the poor parents: just when they thought 11-year-olds in a 45-minute Guys & Dolls was going to be lowest, saddest point of the academic ye... more » kjack: I'm still waiting for someone to put on "The New Warden." more » bringmemyTofu: The school opted for a less controversial Sarah Kane production. more » blix: By all means don't go to see Avenue Q. I thought it was a Muppet musical for Pete's sake but it wasn't! more » -
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Heartland High School Principals Classify Rent as 'Edgy' Again
Now that long-running musical Rent has closed on Broadway, the inevitable, awful high school productions have begun. Which is ruffling parental and administrative feathers across the land. But, really, what's the big deal with Rent? More »
