Stranger Things Star Gaten Matarazzo to Make West End Debut in Rent Musical Revival
The revival will open with 10,000 tickets priced at $46 or less as producers aim to attract new audiences and keep the show accessible.
- Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo will make his West End debut as Mark Cohen in a revival of Rent, opening September 26, 2026, at London's Duke of York Theatre.
- Director Luke Sheppard, who recently won an Olivier Award for Paddington: The Musical, helms the revival for the second time, returning to a musical that won the Pulitzer Prize and multiple Tonys after its 1996 off-Broadway premiere.
- Matarazzo begins rehearsals in early August with choreographer Tom Jackson Greaves and set designer David Woodhead reuniting from the Hope Mill Theatre production; 10,000 tickets priced at £46 or under go on sale Tuesday at noon.
- Producers Chris Harper and Sonia Friedman describe Matarazzo's casting as inspired for reaching Stranger Things audiences, with Friedman noting he will "bring in a whole new audience" to Larson's musical.
- The revival arrives at an apt moment, Harper noted, as young artists face financial hardship amid UK Art Council budget cuts, echoing Rent's groundbreaking portrayal of LGBTQ+ lives during the HIV/AIDS crisis.
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Gaten Matarazzo of ‘Pizza Movie’ poses for a portrait during the Getty Images Portrait Studio presented by IMDb and IMDbPro at SXSW 2026 on March 13, 2026, in Austin, Texas. (Robby Klein/Getty Images for IMDb) Gaten Matarazzo is trading Hawkins for the stage. The Stranger Things actor is set to make his London stage debut in a new revival of the Jonathan Larson musical Rent. Matarazzo will play Mark in the production, which will be directed by L…
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