RENT takes the stage in downtown Champaign: Illinois Theatre explores relevance of iconic musical in contemporary times

RENT takes the stage in downtown Champaign: Illinois Theatre explores relevance of iconic musical in contemporary times

Champaign – With the Colwell Playhouse under construction at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Illinois Theatre’s fall production of ‘RENT’ will take the stage at the Virginia Theatre. IPM’s Owen Henderson and Morning Edition host Kimberly Schofield had the opportunity to sit down with the show’s director, Lisa Gaye Dixon, and music director,…