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Tennessee Preachers Try – And Fail – To Stop Youth Theater Production Of ‘Rent’

THEATRE Posted: July 21, 2015 12:53 am

“In a scenario out of Footloose, a Tullahoma clergyman tried to unite local church leaders in opposition to a production of the musical Rent, performed by a mostly teen-aged cast. … [But] the only outward protest was a prayer circle of three to four people outside the theatre on opening night.” (includes Q&A with the show’s director)

THEATRE Published: 07.17.15

Read the story in Playbill Published: 07.17.15

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