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THE NEW booking period for Jonathan Larson's modern musical, Rent (right), has now opened. It has a touch of the high-brow with Puccini's La boheme as inspiration, a sprinkle of modernism via the social motif of Nineties' Manhattan, and heavy subject matter - addiction, Aids and fatal relationships. But it's determined to override doom and gloom, with a happy ending and reverent political correctness. It's one of few musicals to which you can take all the family.
Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2 (0171-379 5399) booking to 15 May 1999
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FIERCELY CHIC Regular Fries definitely don't live up to their name. Some have called them big beat tag (don't ask), and they create even more confusion with their self-styled "art-rock-eclectic" collective. This week they release their first EP since signing with Junior Boys Own, Free the Regular Fries, and their tour draws to a close on Friday.
Concorde, Brighton (01273 606 460) tonight; The Talk of London, London WC2 (0171-405 1516) 23 Sept; Reading Alleycat (0118-956 1116) 25 Sept
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