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I am feeling all the feels.

And not to beat a dead horse, it also makes me wonder what a film adaption of Rent directed Lin Manuel Miranda could've looked like. 

Leslie Uggams as Madam Armfeldt! Yes! Love it! 

I think the use of video and bold text is cool but the collage aspect of it is not working for me. 

This particular excerpt from a review by Glen Weldon of NPR's Arts Desk hits the nail on the head:

Arthur suffers one of his many onscreen beatings at the hands (and feet) of a bunch of Wall Street bros on the subway, who taunt him by singing "Send In The Clowns." Nearly in its entirety. (The scene goes on for a while.)

It's really the only time in this otherwise grounded, grim and gritty film that we're asked to suspend our disbelief at all — because, seriously, we're supposed to buy that a straight finance bro would be off-book on the second and third verses of a Sondheim number? 

("Bro! I spent last night poundin' brews and fallin' down A Little Night Music YouTube wormhole! The Dench, bro! The Dench crushed it!" "Naw man, you gotta see my girl CZ-J in the 2009 Broadway revival, she makes Desiree's wry and winsome melancholy A THING YOU CAN FEEL IN YOUR 'NADS BRO."

 

As a queer person of faith it saddens me that the loudest voices are those that turn people away from the church. Not all Christians are anti-gay––and really, none should be. If your faith causes you to be super judgmental and comes from a place of us vs. them and hatred instead of a place of compassion and love, then you're doing it wrong.

Religion isn't the problem: religious extremism and fundamentalism is. 

I obviously strongly disagree with Omooba's interpretation of scripture. Here's a link with a great explanation as to why her interpretation is wrong. 

I really enjoy Lea DeLaria's 2000 album "Play It Cool" but if you're looking for strictly instrumental covers then you should check out:

• The Oscar Peterson Trio, "West Side Story"
• Shelly Manne, "My Fair Lady"

I think this is a very interesting idea but I really admire Linklater's optimism that the world will still be around 20 years from now. 

That's not a mistake. It was originally "feeling, power" but changed years into RENT's run. A cast member told me it was because there was confusion that they were singing "feeling power" instead of "feeling, power" so they swapped the words.

Oh! My bad. Thanks. 

 

On the Rent OBCR Wilson Jermaine Heredia sings: 

Food of love, emotion, mathematics
Isolation
Rhythm, feeling, power, harmony
And heavy competition

It should be power, feeling. It was corrected for the film soundtrack. 

The lyric "Come back to bed, kid / Take me inside you" from "Nobody Needs to Know" from The Last Five Years has always felt raunchy to me. 

Does anyone else find it extremely confusing when a show is considered a NY Times Critic's Pick but the review is not a rave or only mostly positive? What are the politics behind that I wonder. 

My vote goes to Megan Mulally.  

The 2008 Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Hedda Gabler starring Mary-Louise Parker. 

The artwork is indeed by Ralph Steadman. Another brilliant ad campaign from SpotCo.

 

I love Jake Shears but you need an actor who can sing to play Frank and I don't think his acting is strong enough. 

@darquegk I went to school with Justin. I wish I could have seen him as Frank. 

I don't know if I'd put Xanadu in this category. 

I think casting someone from "RuPaul's Drag Race" as Angel is an inspired choice and a good move in terms of publicity but...Valentina? 

I'm also a bit puzzled by Jordan Fisher as Mark.