Latebreaking RENT FILM CASTING NEWS- Page 20

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 3:38am

Who was the actor in it when it was off-Broadway? I saw it last summer with Mark (Mc?)Kinney from Kids In The Hall and SNL and I thought it was fantastic.

Are you hoping to do more producing in the future?

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 3:44am

The shill thing wasn't meant to be insulting, sorry if it came off that way. I don't know if you've read these boards much before, but it really gets out of hand sometimes.

Just curious, but have you seen Rent recently?

[Whiteboy Spice]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 3:49am

Mark Setlock originated and co-created the show. He was, as you may know, the Angel in the 94 studio production of Rent.

I wasn't insulted by the shill comment. I mean it when I say I'm happy to be a shill when it's something I believe in. I'll stump for political candidates, gay rights issues, my brother's work, my friends' work, films and plays by people I don't know, etc etc etc.

I would love to do more producing, and hopefully will be getting that chance again soon. I have invested in a couple of other productions, two of which did well, and two of which were well-received but didn't do well financially.

I haven't seen Rent in a while. The last time was when my friend Brian Gligor was playing Mark in the non-Eq tour. I was very very very impressed with that production, as angry as I am at the way non-Eq actors are treated.

[Sunfish]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 3:50am

Hey Rent-heads....

After 30-some years of seeing Hollywood either nearly ruin or TOTALLY ruin movie musicals by casting Hollywood stars who had no business being in a musical, I cannot believe that any of you could be upset with FIVE of your ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS being cast in this film!! This is a deliriously successful casting for Broadway and you should all be ecstatic.

Really, count your blessings. This is an extraordinary opportunity to have some legendary performances not only "preserved" but to be known as THE definitive performance. (Do you have any idea what the original Phantom phans would have given to be blessed with that outcome?)

From everything Anthony has said, it sounds like the greatest care that can be expected will be taken with this production. Of course it will be different but if the integrity is maintained you will have something far beyond what most ---heads of various musicals over the years have experienced (and in some cases endured.)

With so much original talent, you simply must give it a chance!

[amasis]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 3:53am

I saw Nocturne when it was produced by the A.R.T in Cambridge. Very powerful, and incredibly beautiful language.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 3:53am

amasis, WHAT are you doing up?

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 3:55am

Oh, the last leg of the tour was my first time seeing the show. Brian was excellent.

amasis, what time is it in Indonesia?

[Whiteboy Spice]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 3:55am

Amasis --

Glad you saw it and thought well of it. Our production was *much* simpler than the ART production: there was only myself onstage, and a couple of piles of books, and chair, and that was pretty much it. Much more elemental, and much more how Adam intended it to be when he wrote it. But having said that, the ART production was really responsible for launching my brother's career, so I am happy that it happened. It's just not totally representative of Adam's work in some ways. If that makes sense...

[amasis]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:08am

Interesting - I wish I had had a chance to see the other production. I was reading it again earlier this year and was still very moved by the language. It's exhausting, even for the audience, and I can't imagine how an actor survives that night after night. A.R.T did another one of his, I think, no? ('Stone Cold.. something...?') Sorry, I can't remember at the moment. Unfortunately I missed that one.

Emcee/insomniak - it's only 3 p.m. here. What do you mean what am I doing up?! I'm sitting with my laptop trying to get work done. Kind of.

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:10am

4am in Ohio.

Good luck getting any work done, bww tends to make productivity impossible.

I will look into reading Nocturne, they have to have it around here somethere.

[Whiteboy Spice]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:13am

Before I did the run of Nocturne, I would have thought it would be really exhausting to play it night after night, but it wasn't. It was certainly challenging and rigorous and took an immense amount of concentration, but because the material is so rich and because there is a real catharsis built into it, I left the theatre every night fulfilled, not depleted.

The play that I think would just weat me down in a long run is Long Day's Journey into Night. there is very little hope of redemption in that play. But who knows, maybe it would be just as fulfilling.

And yes, ART also did Stone Cold Dead Serious, which is one of my absolute favorites of Adam's play. The production kind of screwed the play over, though, with transitions that went on for days and broke up the play's rhythm. An amazing cast still made it work well, but it was na uphill battle. A much stronger and truer production happened in NYC last year.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:19am

Am i the only one having a hard time telling these threads apart?

[amasis]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:51am

Oh, it's too bad that the ART kept on screwing up the productions, then .

I don't want to turn this into a 'Nocturne' thread, but just one more thing... I'm wondering how the fact that you know the author quite well affected your interpretation of the role, compared to the man who did it in Cambridge. Besides the fact that the production was different, how did you play it differently?

The reason I thought it would be incredibly exhausting was because, besides it being so emotional, it was just... the fact that the play is basically one long monologue for the Son. But I'm not an actor, so a feat like that just puts me in awe.

"Good luck getting any work done, bww tends to make productivity impossible."

You're right, insomniak. I excuse myself by saying that it's Saturday afternoon, but the fact is I still have to finish this by Monday, so perhaps I should shut down soon .

[Whiteboy Spice]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:56am

I love talking about Nocturne... I rarely get the chance to do it...

Dallas Roberts, who played the role in Cambridge, is a good friend of my brother's, so I'm sure he drew on that knowledge as well.

But having grown up in Joliet with my brother, where Nocturne begins, I think I have a very strong innate sense of the world he's creating. Adam's work is very rarely directly autobiographical, but I do feel that I recognize the details and where the stories are coming from, in some ways.

I thought Dallas was very very good. If there was a difference in our performances, I think it's that his was more overtly emotional throughout, and mine was more pent up, until the end, when the Son finally begins to really experience grief for the first time.

Go get your work done!

[amasis]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:06am

"Go get your work done!"

When Anthony Rapp tells you what to do . . .

Well, thank you very much for that, I really appreciate it. I love the play, and it's a real treat to hear about the work from someone who worked on it.

And with that... good night to everyone in the western world...

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:10am

Good night Amasis! Get work done! (I've been procrastinating on this board since 9am this morning to finish my essay, so as of 8 minutes ago, I've been here for 17 hours. Now THAT is sad.)

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:30am

Will it reach 500? Updated On: 10/30/04 at 05:30 AM

[QueenMuppet]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 9:30am

Amasis, what can I say? Your knowledge and beautiful posts are amazing... *is proud*

Come over here to the US please!

QM

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 9:47am

"Based on Hollywood pedigree, Jesse L. Martin would likely have the greatest shot at a nomination and win."

Evelyn, I'm curious what you meant by that. What, other than Ally McBeal has Jesse done in Hollywood? Most of his work has been in the city. Or are you equating television work with Hollywood?

[b-way buff]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 9:50am

um jesse is has been on law and order for the last 3 years, taye was on ally mcbeal. taye has been in several movies and now stars in his own show, kevin hill.

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 9:57am

Taye won't sing in the film to the extent that Jesse L. Martin will.

And "Hollywood" is used more often to refer to an imagined national community of filmmakers and performers than to the actual town in Southern California.

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 10:19am

Um, broadwaybuff, I'm well aware of Jesse being on L&O, and it's been five years not three. Fact is, though, that it is filmed entirely in NYC, not in Hollywood. That was my point.

I understand your use of "hollywood" but has Jesse even done any films? Certainly the large majority of his work has been in the smaller, but arguably more powerful, medium. Updated On: 10/30/04 at 10:19 AM

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 10:24am

The Academy is a voting body that includes people around the world. I doubt that many of them are particularly prejudiced against non-Hollywooders, and especially New Yorkers. You are correct in saying that Martin is best known for his work on L&O.

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 10:30am

Jesse L. Martin resembles Jesse L. Jackson...

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 10:30am

What the hell... 500.