If RENT were bout about the life experiences of a young, African-American, lesbian lawyer, the current revival of Jonathan Larson’s 1997 rock opera at the Artscape Arena might be worth its hefty ticket price of R295 and the production might be as relevant as it claims to be. As it is, Namisa Mdlalose’s truly wonderful performance as Joanne is but a supporting story to a central narrative about the anguish of two straight white men, one of whom cries white tears magical enough to bring back from the dead his Latinx girlfriend – even if this undermines the show’s ‘no day but today’ credo in the process.