Gaten Matarazzo is no stranger to the theatre, having starred in several Broadway shows from a young age.
Gaten Matarazzo became an international star after playing lovable nerd Dustin in Stranger Things Stranger Things star, Gaten Matarazzo, will make his West End debut later this year, in a modern revival of rock musical, Rent.
Celebrating 30 years since it first premiered on Broadway, Rent is about a group of struggling artists in New York in the 1980s during the HIV/Aids crisis. American actor, Matarazzo, 23, became a global star after his portrayal of Dustin Henderson in the Netflix sci-fi horror series, Stranger Things. But he is no stranger to the stage, having performed on Broadway since he was a child.
British director Luke Sheppard, who just last month won an Olivier Award for Paddington: The Musical, will be at the helm once again - the second time he has directed the musical.
"This is Rent in the hands of a new generation of performers who love and adore this piece, and with Gaten Matarazzo playing Mark, it promises to be a thrilling experience," he said in a statement. Rent was written and composed by Jonathan Larson, who tragically died the day before its premiere in 1996.
The show was groundbreaking - it put the stories of LGBTQ+ people during the HIV/Aids epidemic front and centre, tackled social taboos and gave a voice to those who are often marginalised. Hamilton creator Lin Manuel Miranda made an Oscar-nominated film in 2021 about Larson's life, Tick Tick ... Boom! The show's producers, Chris Harper and Sonia Friedman, say the adaption stays loyal to Larson's music.
"Jonathan Larson's musical remains as powerful and resonant as ever, and Luke has found a way to honour its legacy while making it feel thrillingly fresh for today's audiences," they said in the announcement. Matarazzo already had an impressive body of theatre work. As a child he performed in productions of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Les Misérables. In more recent years, he's starred in Dear Evan Hansen and Sweeney Todd.
However it was Stranger Things, which began in 2016 when Matarazzo was 13 years old, that catapulted him into the sci-fi fandom relm. The series, which had five seasons, was a cultural phenomenon and remains one of Netflix's most-watched shows.
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