Getting to do Hedwig was one of the most fulfilling experiences I've ever had onstage. I always loved the show before I got to do it, but doing it proved its brilliance all the more. That score is so amazing. I also was blessed with an incredible director and Yitzak and band. Pittsburgh couldn't have been more embracing of our production.
An experience filled with memories I will treasure.
And as for bootlegs, my only objection is when people profit from them. And mostly the quality sucks. but I don't have any moral or ethical objection to their existence.
Did you ever go through a time where you were getting sick of being known as Mark even though you'd done so much on stage and screen before and after that experience? (And I know you're surrounded by RENT fans right now, but I think we can take it.)
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
"Thanks, Anthony! You've definitely reassured me that this movie will be great!"
But why? Don't get me wrong. I'm a huge fan of Adventures in Babysitting -- and probably one of a few people on this board old enough to have seen it when it was new. I enjoyed Anthony in Road Trip and A Beautiful Mind. His voice on the Rent CD and in the recording of "Visits to You" is pretty compelling. That famous pose of him crouching and his singing his heart out during "La Vie Boheme" will always be my earliest memory of Rent. And having performed "Grow for Me" to a large audience before, I have absolutely nothing against anyone who has played Seymour in "Little Shop." :)
But alas, the RENT film is not even in production. Why should anyone be reassured of its quality based on any one person's comments at this juncture? I'm sure the vast majority of us will see it opening day and probably more than once even if our reactions are lukewarm, but having your minds changed so easily isn't good. For the entirety of my life, I've personally known a figure in American politics who is in the news daily (and often not in the most favorable context). But do I respond to every negative article about him by saying, "I know him! I like him! Everything that's being said about him can't be true!" ? No. Because that's not what being open-minded means.
I saw Adventures in Babysitting a long time ago (before I was introduced to RENT) and LOVED the movie. Then while walking through the video store one day a couple of years ago, I found the video and was like "hey I haven't see this in a long time" and I got it. Then while I was watching it I saw this kid that looked really familiar to me and I couldn't place it. And then during the "Babysitter Blues" scene, I went "OH MY GOD, IT'S MARK." lol
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
I LOVED Adventures in Babysitting. One of my favorite movies when I was younger. I haven't seen it for years.
*Puts on her to-watch-soon list*
Why do we play with fire?
Why do we run our fingers through the flame?
Why do we leave our hands on the stove, although we know we're in for some pain?
-tick...tick...BOOM!
I'm pretty silent at the boards (I'm not sure I've even posted before), but this is as good a time as any to start (I don't want to lurk anymore!).
Okay, well, I generally shy but I really wanted to say: Thanks so very much, Anthony, for taking the time to clear up questions about the Rent movie, as well as other questions people may have :). It's so much more than 'nice' that you care enough to inform fans about what's up, down, sideways or etc. Thank you so much! I cannot wait until the movie is more underway/in production. Oh, and the screename: it definitely provided several smiles (especially because I'm one from the generation that was of Spice Girl fandom, however brief it ended up being, heh- I even saw them in concert-minus Ginger, of course, who had already left)
*realizes there are so many posts that make this one more irrelevant to current topic at hand*
So, I'll revert the subject back to "Sports We Like"
Anthony (and anyone else!) : you should try Ice Hockey :) I'm definitely the girl that nobody would expect to play sports, nontheless Ice Hockey, but I love it. And I couldn't really skate when I started playing in '02. (Also Note: I play for a girls team, which means no checking, thank heavens....I play for my high school's--which is one of two public hs girl's teams in the state of NJ--so we're technically state champs too lol. Unfortunately we're also funded less than the boys team, leaving our team to raise our own funds, last weekend holding a Rock-A-Thon in Palmer Square where team members rocked in rocking chairs for 12 hours straight. It was fun.) Anyway, yeah, I also have to get up at 4.30 in the morning (yes, on school days) for on-ice practice, which you have to be on the ice at 5.30 for, but it's worth it. (I play goalie...)
Yeah...enough of me prosylitizing for Ice Hockey. :) (I apologize but I tend to ramble when I email, post or etc because I'm shy and it is easier to type and get lost in a major inner-monolgue type thing, if that makes sense.)
*realizes i'm taking too long to post and this is once again irrelevant!*
Back to, uh, what everyone was really talking about...sorry! :)
I think I said somewhere that no one can tell for sure how it will turn out, but I can say that all of our intentions are in the right place, and that, at least, bodes well. But sure, remain open-minded. But try having a little faith, too.
I'm also not sure what point your argument about your political friend is making. Can you elaborate?
Evelyn, first of all, I have been one of those people arguing for the OBC to do this movie from the start, so I can't really speak for those who seem to have been easily persuaded by Anthony. But I believe that his involvement and the involvement of other OBC members gives the project more credibility because they wouldn't have agreed if they didn't think it was going to be good. They're the ones who were there for the birth of the show, who got to see Jon's vision being created and were a real part of it. I don't think they would agree to do the movie if they didn't have faith that it would turn out well and honor that original vision.
edit: I guess it took me a while to type that, because others have posted while I was typing!
My thoughts are thorough, I guess (there's gotta be a reason why my posts are so long and as this is off-topic-without-really-being-off-topic-because-of-when-I-started-writing-it....)
*Sorry again*
..and I just realized I have an icon uploaded here to, how 'bout that?
Anthony, I think Evelyn was trying to say that we're all kissing up to you now that you're posting here and simply agreeing that the movie will be great because we know you're reading.
Anthony, I just want to say congratulations, I am so excited for you and for a project as a whole. Do you have any ideas who they're looking at for Mimi? I personally love DRV, but understand the whole baby thing. Hafta add that I go to school in Boston and understand the whole transplanted Sox fan...I actually ended up at a club with Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz last year and got tickets to a bunch of games (with nothing but a platonic relationship)...its contagious and impossible not be a sox fan, I'm even going to the parade bright and early tommorow to see baseball players on duck boats!! But enough of that, best of luck and have fun!
"Commit a little mortal sin, its good for the soul"
Did you speak to any of your other cast mates and tell them you would be posting anything to shut all the nasayers up about the fact that the 5 of you were more then likley going to be in the movie??
Well said #1Elphie . Heres what I think. If people can't trust Anthony's word, who's will you trust? Possibly 5 out of 15 original cast members will take part in the movie, Columbus has already said he plans on staying true to Larson's vision, he could possibly hire the original director, choreographer etc, how can I ask for the intentions of the film to be any more secure than that?
Here in this cold white room tied up to these machines, it's hard to imagine life as it used to be. Laughing, screaming, tumbling queen... Like the most amazing light show you've ever seen. Whirling, swirling, never blue... How could you go and die? What a selfish thing to do...
RIP Jason
Believe me when I say for most of the last six months, I've been one of the loudest voices defending Columbus's decision to direct this film. A search for "EvelynNesbit" here or "Wonka0217" at compulsivebowlers indicates that. However, I think it's important to also criticize some decisions in the hopes that if anyone involved in this project reads the criticisms -- and I sense that a couple or more have -- then they'll take them under account regardless of whether they change or reaffirm aesthetic choices. In the age of the Internet, it makes sense to me that filmmaking, as a collaborative process, should extend beyond studio walls...
"I'm also not sure what point your argument about your political friend is making. Can you elaborate?"
Just that no one should be able to alter anyone else's perception of reality just because s/he has a name that rings a bell, is well-liked, etc. Praising a work while it's still a blank slate is just silly. In fact, I think that was the inspiration for the play "Art" that was on Broadway five years ago.
I can gua-ran-tee you that if you and Adam were on this board at the same time, the bandwidth would be exceeded, a thousand fangirls on here would scream and faint (me included) and there would be a near-riot.
Anyone wanna put money on that?
(And for Evelyn's defense, I don't think anyone here can dispute that she's been the biggest keener for the whole RENT movie. I don't think I've ever seen her post about anything that's not movie related. And I frequent CB too. She's just cautiously optimistic. Which is a good thing.)
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
Here in this cold white room tied up to these machines, it's hard to imagine life as it used to be. Laughing, screaming, tumbling queen... Like the most amazing light show you've ever seen. Whirling, swirling, never blue... How could you go and die? What a selfish thing to do...
RIP Jason
. Heres what I think. If people can't trust Anthony's word, who's will you trust? Possibly 5 out of 15 original cast members will take part in the movie, Columbus has already said he plans on staying true to Larson's vision, he could possibly hire the original director, choreographer etc, how can I ask for the intentions of the film to be any more secure than that?
