The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, Part 12 — Page 194

Not having been at RENT 10 I'm not speaking from experience, but having seen in pop up magically on my computer screen, it was good and probably beyond amazing to be there, but there is something about the costumes and REALLY singing the score, and the props and just the full cast energy. In RENT 10 it still seemed like it was Adam, Anthony, Daphne, etc. just singing the show as them, but now it is completely Roger & Mark you see on stage. I don't know if that made sense.

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Updated On: 8/8/07 at 10:41 PM

With this, I tried to just let it all sit until I felt like cohesive thoughts were beginning to materialize, but even when they do, I still have this weird obsession with trying to figure out exactly what I feel and why. Which is frustrating.

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we were watching SNL reruns on the "E" channel on Saturday. A commercial came on and said "This show is spondsered by the Broadway show RENT, now starring original cast members Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal" we almost lost it, it was so exciting and surreal! we live in California, so to see a national commercial was so cool.

Updated On: 8/8/07 at 11:10 PM

That's so cool! I'm going to be watching my TV constantly now hoping to see it, since it's national apparently.

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haha the phone taps

here's some cute stagedoor pics of Anthony - his expressions are priceless

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my gawd, Anthony is adorable in those!! the crowd, however is terrifying!
the commercial was really quick, just the graphic thats been shown in the ads on this site, and a voiceover mentioning "our guys": the original castmembers. I don't think they mentioned Tamyra. I was watching TV with my daughter and we both looked at each other, totally taken by suprize. it was too funny.

I got really lucky: it just so happened to fall at a time where I had the financial means to go. It was right around my birthday, and I had just received several very helpful monetary gifts.

And yes, I agree. I've been thinking quite a bit lately about how I can almost see myself, after this, not going back until it's about to close. I had a really hard time going back after Rent 10 because of the fear that I'd be disappointed when I returned, but that's the kind of thing where if you can learn to regard something like Rent 10 and the actual show as two separate entities, you can overcome that fear. Rent 10 was an event in and of itself that *cannot* be replicated, but this is different because it IS a the show itself, not a riff off of it. They're breathing a vitality into the show that it'll probably never experience again, and I just feel like going back after they leave won't be fulfilling at all. I've had a lot of wild personal experiences with Rent in the past couple of years, about since the movie went into production, and every time something big happens, I always feel like that's the peak of the mountain -- like it can't possibly out-do itself any farther, can't get any better. But this may really be the pinnacle. And that's totally fine with me. What I got when I saw them last week was what I think I had always been looking for.

It's interesting that you mention feeling like you've gotten everything you can out of it and how weird that is -- because I know the opposite so well. I'm entirely too familiar with that feeling of... not having had enough time. With Rent, I don't feel as though I've worn it out, or saturated my experience, but I just feel like it can't ever possibly surpass this, and it seems even more negative than typical masochism to willingly put yourself in a situation that you know won't be satisfactory. Even if you go into something knowing it won't be what it was and not expecting it to hit that level, it's still, I think, inevitable that you'll be let down -- even if somehow subconsciously or emotionally, assuming you've told yourself you know what it will and won't be. Does that make sense?

I'm so tired, ugh. Probably not terrible coherent.

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Updated On: 8/9/07 at 12:12 AM

there's a few clips of Adam from bb kings on the site that won't be mentioned. I am really starting to like the piano/vocal version of Glory that he does, it's growing on me. Now I want to see the show again.

I feel like with their Return, there isn't enough time. I know it cant last forever but, it's going to be very sad when they leave

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For me it's not just about their 6 week run, there's other issues tied into it as well. None of which I'm willing to admit on the boards, hehe - but I hate transition of any kind. While this is a really, really, really amazing treat it just all feels like it goes so fast. And now I'm thinking of Our Town, I need to stop and go get a tan

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soap opera? hehe

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I was just about to say, interesting way of describing the plot :-P I also love all the new pictures everyone's been posting!

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lol, I know, I am just usually not one of those people! :)

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We've seen most of there but here is Playbill's photo coverage:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/110218.html

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