A preview of FIU Theatre’s ‘Rent,’ Part V

The cast of FIU Theatre's "Rent."

Tonight is the night: FIU Theatre’s staging of the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning rock opera debuts at MMC where it will play in the Main Stage of the Wertheim Performing Arts Center for three weeks. Any Rent-head knows what those famous numbers that open the show’s signature song, “Seasons of Love,” [...]

A preview of FIU Theatre’s ‘Rent,’ Part IV

Oct 29 4

With one week until opening night on Nov. 4, the director of the upcoming staging of the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning rock opera at MMC, Broadway vet and alumnus Andy Señor Jr. ’97, talks about coming back to FIU and what we can expect of the show. Rent will play in [...]

A preview of FIU Theatre’s ‘Rent,’ Part II

Oct 15

The show’s costume designer Angelina Esposito gives us a tour of the FIU Theatre costume shop, as well as a sneak peek at the wardrobe for the upcoming staging of the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning rock opera at MMC. The show will run for three weeks beginning Nov. 4 in the [...]

A preview of FIU Theatre’s ‘Rent,’ Part I

Oct 8

The show’s musical director Emmanuel Schvartzman ’09 gives us a preview of the upcoming staging of the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning rock opera at MMC. The show will run for three weeks beginning Nov. 4 in the Main Stage of the Wertheim Performing Arts Center. Regular news.FIU.edu readers may have noticed [...]

CARTA kicks off 2010-’11 season of events

Oct 4

The College of Architecture + The Arts hosted its annual Arts, Design and Culture event Sept. 30 at the Frost Art Museum at MMC to celebrate the beginning of the college’s many upcoming events. The unmistakable bars of “Seasons of Love” echoed through the galleries of the Frost Art Museum [...]

Alumni Spotlight: Andy Señor Jr. ’97

Dec 10 2

Name: Andy Señor Jr. ’97 Degree: Bachelor in Theater For Andy Señor ’97, being a part of Rent has been an experience of a lifetime. The Panther is currently starring in Rent: The Broadway Tour opposite show vets Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart, all of whom are cast [...]