"A classic Broadway moment" Huh???- Page 2

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 6:47pm

I have to agree with rosscoe. I agree the cast singing Seasons of Love is classic, but I hardly think Angel's entrance is a classic moment. It's certainly something the general public probably wouldn't recognize.

And george, how does the length of a run make a moment more classic?

[george95]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 7:07pm

Only because if it runs longer, it becomes more iconic, more recognizeable....more a part of the Broadway landscape.

Angel coming out as Santa isn't really up there with the other items mentioned here, including Seasons of Love, however, I would put it ahead of King and I only because King and I has aged so badly.

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[george95]

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[george95]

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[george95]

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[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 7:23pm

Easy on the trigger finger there, George.

I don't really consider Angel's Santa entrance a classic moment, but Seasons of Love is definitely one.

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 7:28pm

This thread is already about poster's personal favorite moments that are far from classic.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 7:51pm

"I would put it ahead of King and I only because King and I has aged so badly"

What!!

Rent has aged the worst of any show in the last 50 years, by the end of '97 Rent was showing it's age. Blaxx is right this is no longer about classic stage moments, but personal favorites.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 8:08pm

If that is the case George, then that one woman murder mystery on Broadway is a bigger classic then them all!

Rent is really creaking at the edges. I personally never liked it's Hallmark Card view of the AIDs crisis in NYC

[george95]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 8:08pm

We'd have to define what we mean by "classic" then.

When I said that King and I has aged badly, I meant that its subject matter is no longer relevant, even in a cutesy, nostalgic way. The fact that RENt was not kept up in a physical way is irrelevant.

RENT is still a time capsule of the 1990's, and there is nothing in RENT that makes you look back at the 90's and think "oh man did society have it wrong back then" like in the King and I, a show that insists Western Civ is superior to other cultures.

[george95]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 8:12pm

oh my goodness. Let me clarify. I'm not trying to see that long run = Classic. Notice I haven't mentioned Cats or Oh Calcutta. I just meant that with a long run, a show has a chance of various images becoming more iconic and recogizable.

Its hard to compare RENT with Rodgers and Hammerstein stuff because we don't have the same perspective of it. I'm not saying that RENT is better or more classic or any other musical. I just agreed that the Santa outfit has become a classic moment.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 8:23pm

But could you not say that a show being around for a long time (such as The King and I) also makes it more recognizable and iconic?

[george95]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 8:27pm

yes definitely. King and I has lots of classic parts. And the show itself is probably a classic. I only started to criticize it because somebody compared RENT to King and I.

[Magical_Ms._Mistoffeles_72]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 11:54pm

sweet transvestite

(sorry, on a total kick lately)

tim curry<3


ok, so maybe thats a classic MUSICAL moment. Im from Canada, not sure if that ever made it to broadway or not.

[jpbran]

Posted: 2/14/08 at 11:56am

Guess I'm super-dense this V.D. morning, but what is "one woman murder mystery on Broadway"??

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 2/14/08 at 12:17pm

Oh George, there are a lot of people who find Rent's "straight people who get AIDS may LIVE, the Homos must DIE" message more offensive than the King and I's "Westerners must civilize the Easterners" message.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 2/14/08 at 12:33pm

"straight people who get AIDS may LIVE, the Homos must DIE"

Taking such a message away from Rent would require the viewer to have some major delusions about the show (one character who gay and has AIDS dies, the other one is alive and well at the end of the show and the one practically on her deathbed is straight...).


Also, thinking that Angel's entrance in Rent is a classic Broadway moment is delusional. Unless you're too much of a Renthead, that's not classic. "Seasons of Love"? Absolutely. The dancing on the tables in "La Vie Boheme"? Maybe. Angel's entrance in his Santa costume isn't remotely classic to this Rent fan.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/14/08 at 12:36pm

But the TRUE fans applaud when Angel enters the stage!

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 2/14/08 at 12:38pm

...And when Mimi comes out for "Out Tonight." And when Maureen enters. They must be classic Broadway moments, too!
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[jpbran]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 6:08pm

"...one woman murder mystery on Broadway""

Anyone? ANYone?

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 6:14pm

"Taking such a message away from Rent would require the viewer to have some major delusions about the show (one character who gay and has AIDS dies, the other one is alive and well at the end of the show and the one practically on her deathbed is straight...)"

Well not really, the junkie lives, the Homo dies...

[singingbackup]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 6:28pm

End of Act I "Sunday" in Sunday In The Park With George

(and also the end of Act II "Sunday" when all the characters bow to George....just the best boo-hoo-chills-up-my-spine thrilling moment)

[sparkleplenty]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 6:42pm

If you're going to question the inclusion of Mamma Mia I wouldn't be so fast to put Wicked in as classic.

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 11:07pm

Pippin corner of the sky

[TheatreFreak05]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 11:15pm

the final "picture" made by the cast of Sunday in the Park with george is classic to me