Colin Hanlon
Colin Hanlon
#0Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/23/05 at 1:04pmdid anyone see him in Rent or one of his other shows? what did you think? and does anyone have pictures of him as roger
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#1re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/23/05 at 1:08pmhe's good, he was roger the first time i saw rent. not jeremy kushnier, but still good. he has a more depressed roger than an angry one.
#2re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/23/05 at 1:35pmI've seen Colin in Rent three times, twice as Gordon and once as Mark. He was fanTASTIC as Mark -- almost better than Matt Caplan who I love. He's great as Gordon as well. He's a total sweetheart and I hope he gets the opportunity to do even more with his immense talent!!
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#4re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/23/05 at 1:53pm
I saw him in Rent as Roger. Also saw him in the reading of Easter Rising. I know plenty of people have seen his Mark in Rent and his Jonathan in tick, tick . . . BOOM! but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to do so.
He's a great Roger. His voice is a bit too pretty, but it's good. It's his acting that really makes the role. He has this engaging presence. A very internally frustrated feel to his Roger. His facial expressions are excellent. I saw him on two different occasions and he was amazing the first time, and solid but not quite as nuanced or believable the second time. He had better chemistry with Caren Lyn Manuel than Krystal Washington. I don't think he quite nailed all aspects of the character (don't care for his LMC), but he's pretty damn good. His second act is especially good. Definitely up there among my favorites in the role. There are no pictures of him as Roger. I'd say he's only gone on a couple dozen times in the role, if that many. He started coming into his own in the role this year (he had probably gone on less than a handful of times before 2004/2005).
He was great in Easter Rising. His characters always seem to have this rich inner life. It was just a reading, but I feel he's great with facial expressions so you really got a sense of what his character is like. I think he's a wonderful talent.
Updated On: 1/23/05 at 01:53 PM
#5re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/23/05 at 1:55pmI have only seen him as gordon but he is great every time! His man is really scary!
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
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#6re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/30/05 at 12:23pmI want to see him as Mark! Anyone know when Drew whats his face will be leaving?
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#7re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/30/05 at 12:45pmI think it's something like March 10...
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#8re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:05pmi haven't seen him in rent but i saw him in tick, tick boom last year and he was great. he's going to be in the last five years in jersey in april-may. it's going to be great and you should all definitely go!
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#9re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:18pmreally?! Jumps up and down with excitement! Where in Jersey?
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#10re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/31/05 at 1:05pm
George Street with Sara Litzinger who was also in Tck with him
they were both great
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Understudy Joined: 1/30/05
#11re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/31/05 at 1:25pmI saw Colin playing Mark (Jan 13th)and after I got over him being taller then Roger (Jeremy Kushnier) and he opened up his mouth and sang, I liked him! I am just used to Mark being a "shorter" guy, I know that is stereotyping the Mark character, but that is the only kinda Mark I have seen (have seen RENT 6 times) Updated On: 1/31/05 at 01:25 PM
#12re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/31/05 at 5:23pm
I saw Colin last summer as Mark, understudying Matt Caplan. I love Matt so I must say I was a bit upset when I saw that he wasn't there...but then I saw that Scary Spice was out too and I couldn't have been more excited! Colin was really great as Mark, and I ended up really liking him.
I felt bad for him though because he mixed up the lyrics in the first scene:
"December 24th, Nine PM
Eastern Standard Time
From here on in
I shoot without a script
See if anything comes of it
Instead of my old ****
First shot -- Roger
With the fender guitar he just got out of hock"
And then just stopped talking and looked lost...Jeremy chimed in a few seconds later with "This won't tune", and Colin picked it back up. I guess that happens in live theater! Despite the mix up, he did a great job with the rest of the performance.
#13re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 1/31/05 at 5:44pmI saw Colin as Roger the 4th time I saw RENT. He was the best I'd seen. I'd seen Manley Pope twice and Jeremy once. Colin was much better.
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#14re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 2/9/05 at 11:59amI saw Colin in Tick, Tick,...BOOM! last spring and he was fantastic. I could see him being an excellent Mark.
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/7/03
#15re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 2/9/05 at 12:51pmI'm really excited to see Colin as Jamie in L5Y this spring!
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#16re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 2/9/05 at 3:02pmi love him- he is very talented- i've seen him in rent a lotta times- including once as roger- i thought he was really good- he messed up a little during light my candle- but he was adorable about it. i like him a lot!!
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#17re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 2/9/05 at 3:12pmMe too, GirlfriendfromCanada! I was very happy to hear he would be back at The George St.
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
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Understudy Joined: 5/31/04
#18re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 2/14/05 at 12:25am
I've seen Colin as Mark, Roger and Gordon in Rent. And as Jon in tick, tick...Boom! and as Andrew in the reading of Easter Rising. I think he's a great Mark AND Roger - he handles the main characters incredibly well. He was amazing as Jon as well - great facial expressions and a fantastic voice.
Everyone should DEF get tickets to see him and Sarah in a few months.
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#19re: Colin Hanlon
Posted: 2/14/05 at 12:28amI would love to see Colin in TTB. He was fantastic in Michael Arden's Easter Rising! :)
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