Em-LEE - His acting has taken so many leaps and bounds, it's unbelievable. You can't play that role as well as he did if you don't have decent acting chops. AND, he didn't even audition. Apparently he'd been after the part for a while, and got a call saying he could close the show and had to be ready in two weeks.
I saw AIDA in its first year, and remember very little of his performance, unfortunately. I had no idea who he was, and was totally unfamiliar with RENT. The first time I saw him do anything after that was CABARET. I'd heard stories about how he wasn't the best actor, and I'll be the first fan with her head in the clouds to admit that he's not. AIDA round one... well, he just did it for too long, and he got bored. It showed, and a lot of people were pretty disappointed in his performance toward the end. CABARET was brilliant - that was the beginning of where I stand today on my thoughts about him. I was so proud of him, and he really grabbed my attention in more ways than the previous good looks and beautiful voice way. When he returned to AIDA, I had nothing LIVE by which to compare, but you could tell that he'd improved a ton, and his energy was so much higher than it had been. He looked happy to be back, too. The facial expressions, everything were wonderful. He's consistent to a fault; you can almost track him to when he's going to raise an eyebrow, and his best acting is through music. I like my rose-colored glass, too, but if he wasn't packed with talent, though talent that's a little bit more solid in one department than another, I wouldn't be as deep into this as I am.
Adam in RENT is just... this tour-de-force that I can't explain. Didn't see it live... I was only ten when it first opened, but it's something very special. He's absolutley got what it takes, at least in musical theatre acting. Straight acting may not work out to be his forte, but he's a musician before he's anything else.
Alix - exactly. I don't know if it is, either. I suppose one wouldn't complain, because that's nice and all, but you can tell that the music is what's important, I think. And, right now at least, that's all based in New York, and within the Broadway community. Maybe the movie will change that, get more people to notice.
.... which brings me back to the original quandary of wanting success and wanting to "keep" him. It's a weird thing to think about, I guess.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
Updated On: 3/12/05 at 12:36 PM
A lot of the RENT publicity stuff is kind of strange to hear about - that he didn't really know what to do with all of it, etc. *shrug*
We'll see, I guess.
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I just had real issues with his facial expressions, accent etc.
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