musical review

Measured in love: Rent at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre

04/10/2019: This story was corrected from an older version. The previous version stated that Mimi was played by Kelsee Sweigard, Maureen was played by Lexi Greene, and Collins was played by Juan Luis Espinal. Mimi was portrayed by Aiyana Smash, Maureen was portrayed by Kelsee Sweigard, and Collins was portrayed by Shafiq Hicks. By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer I went to the opening night of Broadway Across Canada’s production of Rent on Tuesday, September 17. My first thoughts after watching the musical felt like a deep exhale from some locked part of myself — I hadn’t seen love displayed in…

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