RENT Live on Fox- Page 13

[Testing1232]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:38pm

Audience screeching destroying this number !

[sabrelady]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:39pm

Truthfully, I'm past caring.

RENT! Live: "You don't understand! I could'a had class. I could'a been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it."

 

Good night kids.

[barcelona20]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:39pm

I know this is the most obvious statement of the day, but nobody will ever beat Adam and Anthony's What You Own.  Also, WTH is this staging??

[LuPita2]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:40pm

Hate live audiences.  The Sound of Music and The Wiz were perfect. Jesus Christ Superstar was ok because their sound was great.  

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:41pm

Outside of a few highlights, this was rather bad. And the fact they are doing the show "Live", but just not airing it makes it worse. The sound is bad, three of the leads are bad, the camera angles are interesting. The highlights are Mark, Roger, Maureen & the ensemble. And the set.

[mailhandler777]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:42pm

CallMeAl2 said: "Why do people keep calling for understudies? Who uses understudies for a one-night-only event? You hire understudies so you can run. A show doesn't even put understudies on their feet until after it opens. For a special event you adapt - which is what they are doing.

By the love - love the set! Very cool. Ensemble is great. Mark, Roger, and Tom Collins all doing well. We'll see how Maureen does,"

Jesus Christ Superstar had understudies. Sara's was an 18yr old straight out of high school.

[bwayobsessed]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:42pm

Jordan, Mimi (whose name I still cant remember) and BVD made this a really great section IMO

[brdwybuff]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:42pm

Crowd surfing and screaming? Why? ‍ 

[HighFlyingAdored97]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:43pm

My favorite part of this broadcast so far was the teaser trailer for Fosse/Verdon.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:43pm

Phantom4ever said: "And the broadway production used New Jersey instead of Hicksville for most of its run. "

 I don't know when they changed it on Broadway but that was a change they made for the 1st national tour.  Although Hicksville is a real place, there was a concern that audiences would feel insulted, since "hick" is a real word  and they might think that Mark is calling people who don't live in New York "hicks."

[Robbie2]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:43pm

Testing1232 said: "Audience screeching destroying this number !"

yea what's with the audience over cheering ~ screeching so over enthusiastic through out non stop...are they really enjoying that much? LOL NOT!

[LuPita2]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:44pm

They have no idea what they are doing.  I get that him in a wheelchair could not have happened.  But, everyone else was ready, and everyone was looking forward to seeing a LIVE show.  That is where the understudy could have helped out instead of having an injury derail the entire show.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:46pm

Its LIVE

[RWPrincess]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:46pm

HighFlyingAdored97 said: "My favorite part of this broadcast so far was the teaser trailer for Fosse/Verdon."

Here in NY we have been getting commercials for Broadway musicals all night so I have been enjoying those too 

 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:47pm

When did he break his foot? When did they do this final dress run? Did he hurt himself after the run? Something's not lining up here.

[RWPrincess]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:50pm

These 5 minutes live are already better than the rest of the broadcast

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:50pm

He apparently broke his foot off stage during the final “commercial break” during the dress rehearsal. There was about a half hour delay in the rehearsal then before Hunt returned to the stage where he sat for the reminder of the filmed dress rehearsal.

[mailhandler777]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:51pm

ACL2006 said: "When did he break his foot? When did they do this final dress run? Did he hurt himself after the run? Something's not lining up here."

He broke it at the final dress rehearsal last night right before they brought Mimi up for Your Eyes. 

[220Basswood]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:52pm

I guess the only reason they are showing this part live is because he broke his foot before this part could be filmed.  I agree it is better than the filmed part.  Not as good as the original performers but that is to be expected.  The original people were great.

[sppunk]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:53pm

Who knew breaking your foot makes you a better singer?

[barcelona20]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 10:53pm

RWPrincess said: "These 5 minutes live are already better than the rest of the broadcast"

Excluding BVD, I totally agree.  Roger finallyyyyy brought it.

[sppunk]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 11:00pm

Idina in her 30 seconds made everyone else from the previous two and half hours sound inconsequential. 

Updated On: 1/27/19 at 11:00 PM

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 11:01pm

I will say that after the travesty of most of the first hour, it improved. But the final live segment hinted at how great the whole thing might have been.

[220Basswood]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 11:02pm

sppunk said: "Idina in her 30 seconds made everyone else from the previous two and hand hours sound inconsequential."

The actress from the Greatest Showman did a good job but I agree Idina and seeing the original cast sing made the night.

[LuPita2]

Posted: 1/27/19 at 11:02pm

The last 15 minutes were the only thing that mattered.  Wonderful performances and such a thrill to see the Original Cast.  We finally saw Rent Live, if only for a short period of time.