Theater Picks, April 24: Raleigh theater company stages ‘Rent’
North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre has made a name for itself in recent years for staging Broadway musicals inventively in its small space. Starting Friday, the company mounts “Rent,” the long-running rock musical about young artists and musicians in New York City’s East Village. David Henderson directs. April 24-May 10. $12-$17. 919-866-0228 or nract.org.
Other highlights
▪ Manbites Dog Theater’s three-week run of Meg Miroshnik’s “The Fairytale Lives Of Russian Girls” begins. In it, a woman visits her mother’s Russian homeland but has to battle dark forces in the land of Putin. Details at manbitesdogtheater.org.
▪ Cary Players Community Theater stages “Legally Blonde, the Musical,” based on the hit movie about a California sorority queen who enrolls in Harvard Law School to get her ex-boyfriend back (though May 3). Details at caryplayers.org.
This story was originally published April 23, 2015 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Theater Picks, April 24: Raleigh theater company stages ‘Rent’."