Critically acclaimed Broadway hit opens tonight at

The winner of both a Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, "Rent" returns for a second time to Centennial Hall tonight.

"Rent" is the story of the ultimate highs and harsh realities faced by a community of struggling artists in New York's Lower East Side.

"It's strange. (This show) helps you listen to people who at first glance don't seem to have it all together," said Maggie Benjamin, who plays the role of Maureen Johnson, a spirited young lesbian coping with life as a struggling performance artist.