Anyone here like Tick Tick Boom more than Rent?

[bwguyhottie]

Posted: 2/1/04 at 8:45pm

Anyone else fall into this category? I love them both, but for some reason, TTB just does more for me. I think the reason is this: Each character in TTB seems more real to me (perhaps because they are semi-based on actual people) whereas the Rent characters are not so much individuals as each is a representative of an entire group...

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/1/04 at 8:47pm

I was about 16 when Rent first came out, and at first didn't like it. Of course, like many, I great to love it, waited in line for tickets overnight back in the days and have a great fondness for it.
I was introduced to Tick Tick Boom almost a year ago, and I much prefer it. Maybe because I like singing the songs better; I find them more melodic. But if I had to choose, TTB would be my favorite of the two.

[jesseeinstein]

Posted: 2/1/04 at 8:49pm

I personally like both equally.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 2/1/04 at 8:53pm

I love RENT, and always will.

But... Tick Tick Boom is an amazing show. Anything Jonathan Larson did was amazing.


I like RENT a little more than TTB, but TTB was so incredible.


Speaking of that, is anyone going to see it in New Jersey in March-April?

[bwguyhottie]

Posted: 2/1/04 at 9:00pm

at which theathre is it playing?

[Menken Fan]

Posted: 2/1/04 at 9:13pm

Yeah, me. Love both ttB and Rent, but enjoy ttB better. Might have something to do with the fact that I can understand the lyrics better live. And maybe something to do with my love for Raul Esparza and Joe McIntyre.

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 2/1/04 at 10:12pm

Like Rent, despise TTB.

Don't know why.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 2/1/04 at 10:27pm

Raul Esparza and Amy Spanger where great in this production. I was blown away.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 2/1/04 at 10:38pm

I think Rent suffers from bloat. It's too long, there are too many characters and it tries to address so much. That isn't to say it isn't an effective show, but I wish they would have been able to peel it back a bit and make more solid emotional choices with the characters. I think in TTB we get a much more personal story and one told without trying so hard to be so weighty and effective. It ends up being a touch more moving in its simplicity and in the basic investment we have in the characters.

[JO125]

Posted: 2/1/04 at 10:45pm

"At which theater is it playing?"

It is playing at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick
March 16 to April 11.

For info:

www.georgestplayhouse.org

I personally prefer TTB to Rent as well.

[Broadwaylilhead]

Posted: 2/1/04 at 10:48pm

Green Green Dress is one of the worst songs ever written...

I love the rest of the songs...

[cabarethed]

Posted: 2/2/04 at 9:13am

Me...I appreciate and like Rent now, but I couldn't stand it for years. I loved TTB the first time I heard the CD.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/2/04 at 10:28am

Rent - TTB never got my attention. I think I listened to it twice.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 2/2/04 at 10:38am

That is cool...I never knew the rights for this show were out.

[StraightToHeaven]

Posted: 2/2/04 at 10:52am

I love both. I prefer Rent live but I prefer ttB on the CD. Maybe thats because I am kind of tired of the Rent obcr. Both are great shows with great scores. Louder Than Words is my favorite all time song.

I do agree though Green Green Dress is a horrible song.

[Elphie]

Posted: 2/2/04 at 10:59am

I think I'll go and catch TTB at the George Street Playhouse as well! I've never seen TTB, but I have the recording and am inlove with it. I think Amy and Raul make it all the better, but the lyrics are very inspiring and true. As of now I'm a bigger RENT fan but thats just because I hardly know anything about TTB.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/2/04 at 11:14am

I love both equally. RENT I kinda feel like I can relate, but it's still just a show. With TTB I feel like I can completely relate and that I wrote the songs about my life! But in the end both shows are awesome.

Think TTB will ever make it to the west coast???

[Phantom2]

Posted: 2/2/04 at 11:55am

"Deep dark velvet hugs your silouette. Black silk stockings, you're my Juliet..." I thought it was adorable when Raul and Amy sang GREEN GREEN DRESS. So cute!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/2/04 at 4:02pm

I actually just got the TTB cast recording like 3 days ago. I'm completely obsessed with 30/90. I really want to see it. It makes me happy that it'll be in NJ... and I agree with Phantom2. I think it's really cute.

Updated On: 2/2/04 at 04:02 PM

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 2/2/04 at 4:09pm

"I'm completely obsessed with 30/90."

If only it didn't sound like 'Vacation' by the Go Go's.

(Look it up kids.)

[Phantom2]

Posted: 2/2/04 at 4:11pm

COME TO YOUR SENSES is my favorite. I always died when Amy Spanger was up there. She is soooooooooooo pretty and talented.

[Belter]

Posted: 2/3/04 at 6:34am

I just ordered it on Saturday ... will let you know! (I probably will ... hated Rent.)

[Taryn]

Posted: 2/3/04 at 7:08am

Yup, I prefer TTB to RENT. It just has a more intimate feel and I find it more melodic. "Louder Than Words" totally beats out "Seasons of Love".

[Princess MimiChica]

Posted: 2/3/04 at 10:40am

hmm, how did I not see this topic before? =)
Well, I can say I pretty much love the shows equally. Jon can do no wrong in my book. But RENT will always have a place in my heart, and I think i'll have to say I like RENT a tad better.

How can someone say 30/90 sounds like Vacataion!?!?!? I don't know what version you listened to, but, unless I have a hearing problem, those songs sound NOTHING alike..werid.

Green, Green Dress is the SEXIEST song ever, I love it =)

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 2/3/04 at 11:28am

"They're singing happy birthday"

"Vacation's all I ever wanted."

It's just one of those things my ear caught. No biggie, but now I can't hear one without thinking of the other.

My problem with TTB and Rent is the same: Larsen wrote strong anthems and decent to great ballads but when he tried to write straight-up cutesy show tune moments he was a lot less successful, 'Green, Green Dress' for example. Obviously, a show couldn't be all anthems and ballads (see: Ragtime) but I wish Larsen would have stayed further away from the traditional musical moments and stuck to his more modern view of things.