<p>Syosset native and former &quot;Rent&quot; star Adam Pascal&nbsp;will be an&nbsp;artist-in-residence at LIU, and will direct a musical based on songs by the band Foreigner.&nbsp;NewsdayTV&#39;s Elisa DiStefano reports.</p>


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