The 1996 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical was 'RENT'. It is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson. The story follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York City's East Village in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City. The musical was inspired by Giacomo Puccini's opera La Bohème. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Musical.