The Official Adam Pascal Love thread — Page 221

"I felt so strong about it that I was about to go to the stage door and kick his arse!"

Gotta love QM when she's in her arse-kicking mode!!! QM -- I think anyone who saw the Rent OBC has a hard time letting go of that experience; after the several shows I saw with OBC, I didn't see the show again until 2000 and 2001 (and haven't seen it again since). Partly due to the fact that I want to spend money seeing other things, of course , but partly because when I did see the later Broadway cast, they just didn't seem to be into it. I will say that I thought the tour in 2001 (I don't remember the company name) was great. At least when I saw it in Boston, the cast worked really well together, unlike the Broadway cast during that period which just looked bored. I know there are many people who didn't like Jeremy Kushnier's Roger, but personally I thought he did a wonderful job. His voice is weaker than Adam's, and I've heard criticisms that he portrayed Roger with 'too much anger', but I thought it worked really well. Manley Pope was the Roger in Broadway when I saw it again; he has a nice voice, but his acting was terrible. None of the performances I saw with Manley was in anyway enjoyable. In terms of Anthony Rapp's work as Mark -- I guess the OBC as a whole is hard to beat. Not so much because they were all better actors but they really did have great chemistry. And were probably in it with just a slightly different mindset. But I understand why you're frustrated about it. (re Matt Caplan, some people said he's really good when not bored!) .

Emcee -- I'd be interested to hear how Jeremy's doing now... Hope you enjoyed the show!

Updated On: 10/14/04 at 06:36 PM