RENT Live on Fox — Page 15

Im still glad I watched it. It gradually improved over the three hours. That first hour was rough though. The last 15 live minutes were a vision of what the whole thing coulda been. But some miscasting for sure. Fisher is cute as a button and sexy which is not what Mark needs but by end I bought him as a new kind of Mark. And just because someone was on Rupauls Drag Race doesnt mean they can be Angel. As someone else noted, MJ Rodriguez from TV show Pose woulda been great. She can act & SING. Loved BVD. Mario and Hudgens were good. And live Roger was eons better than dress rehearsal Roger. Warts and all, Id still rank this as the second most successful live tv adaptation behind JCS. Having said that, Ive missed some like The Sound of Music and Rocky Horror. I wasnt as jazzed about Grease as others were. Ditto for The Wiz except for Home. And Peter Pan was just bad as was A Christmas Story. I do fear for what Fox will do to Hair though. Ive never seen a production of it either filmed or on stage and Im not sure I want this to be my introduction. LOL

Miles2Go2 said: "Im still glad I watched it. It gradually improved over the three hours. That first hour was rough though. The last 15 live minutes were a vision of what the whole thing coulda been. But some miscasting for sure. Fisher is cute as a button and sexy which is not what Mark needs but by end I bought him as a new kind of Mark. And just because someone was on Rupauls Drag Race doesnt mean they can be Angel. As someone else noted, MJ Rodriguez from TV show Pose woulda been great. She can act & SING. Loved BVD. Mario and Hudgens were good. And live Roger was eons better than dress rehearsal Roger. Warts and all, Id still rank this as the second most successful live tv adaptation behind JCS. Having said that, Ive missed some like The Sound of Music and Rocky Horror. I wasnt as jazzed about Grease as others were. Ditto for The Wiz except for Home. And Peter Pan was just bad as was A Christmas Story. I do fear for what Fox will do to Hair though. Ive never seen a production of it either filmed or on stage and Im not sure I want this to be my introduction. LOL"



I really enjoyed Fisher.

MJ played Angel I the off-Broadway revival of RENT. She was fantastic. Got to see her a few times in the show.

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CarlosAlberto said: "Well know that THAT'S over I guess we have the heavily censored and edited fiasco that will be HAIR LIVE! to look forward to in the spring on NBC.

Let the crap-fest of live tv musicals continue....."

I TOTALLY agree. What is the point of going to all that expense to bring 'live theatre into our homes'? [and f it up].

Leave it in the theatre and try to reduce ticket prices.

Just finished (combination of DVR and Moutain Time) and some of it was good, some of it was bad, some of it was painful. We liked Fisher, BVD and Hudgens. Really didn't like Angel and barely tolerated Joanne. Mimi had her moments - but too few and far between. And I was so looking forward to La Vie Boheme and soooooo disappointed. That was just lacking in so many regards - and what was the Busby Berkeley camera shot?

I also feel bad for the Sunday night "live" audience - yeah, they got to see the OBC - but they thought they were going to see a live performance [and had to sit there for almost three hours watching monitors][EDITED - My Bad. The cast did perform live - only the Sunday night audience go to see it - and supposedly that had the energy that was lacking at the dress rehearsal - What we Missed.] That said, did they really have to cheer when Mimi "dies" (before she comes back to life)? What idiot stage manager(s) prepped them to cheer at that moment? Yeah, Roger sang well, but you are supposed to think that Mimi DIED! If you're cheering that, then the show has failed.

I do feel bad for the producers. I presume they considered delaying the broadcast till Roger got better - but I'm sure with contracts and other opportunities plus keeping the technical crew and keeping the set up made that an impractical choice.

Now to find the DVD of Rent Filmed Live on Broadway....

Updated On: 1/28/19 at 12:22 AM

ggersten said: "Just finished (combination of DVR and Moutain Time) and some of it was good, some of it was bad, some of it was painful. We liked Fisher, BVD and Hudgens. Really didn't like Angel and barely tolerated Joanne. Mimi had her moments - but too few and far between. And I was so looking forward to La Vie Boheme and soooooo disappointed. That was just lacking in so many regards - and what was the Busby Berkeley camera shot?

I also feel bad for the Sunday night "live" audience - yeah, they got to see the OBC - but they thought they were going to see a live performance and had to sit there for almost three hours watching monitors. That said, did they really have to cheer when Mimi "dies" (before she comes back to life)? What idiot stage manager(s) prepped them to cheer at that moment?Yeah, Roger sang well, but you are supposed to think that Mimi DIED! If you're cheering that, then the show has failed.

I do feel bad for the producers. I presume they considered delaying the broadcast till Roger got better - but I'm sure with contracts and other opportunities plus keeping the technical crew and keeping the set up made that an impractical choice.

Now to find the DVD of Rent Filmed Live on Broadway...."



It appears thd Sunday live audience got a live performsnce along with the dress rehearsal video on monitors. That is what itlooked like from this video posts.

I paid to see RENT live on BROADWAY at a movie theater and wish i hadn't. Those constant close ups drove me crazy. JMO.



I doubt they considered delaying the broadcast. I broke my foot. Had surgery a week after to put a metal plate in. Took 4 months to recover. It was mentioned earlier in this thread about pushing Rogef around in a wheelchair. I give him kudos for being there and singing his butt off for that last 10 minutes. I was on the couch the day after i broke my foot.

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in my honest opinion, rent live was beyond disappointing and a waste of time. i understand that they did the best that they could regarding the situation and i dont want to take away their hard work but at the same time, this was just boring. the production was a little much. there were too many sets. i felt that they should have kept it simple and have one huge stage rather than have a bunch. valentina, mario, and kiersey clemons were miscast in their roles respectively. kiersey acting wise was good but her vocals werent strong enough for the part. valentina has the right look and personality for angel but the vocals were very flat. mario was good vocally but acting wise, he didnt deliver that much. tinashe did a good job as mimi but she didnt have enough emotion and grit. brennin hunt did a good job as roger but he just needed more grit. however, he did redeem himself in the ending. brandon victor dixon was great as collins but i just wish there was more from him since he was incredible in jesus christ superstar live. jordan fisher was great as mark. he was definitely one of the highlights along with vanessa hudgens. she was great as maureen. she really stood out. another thing i disliked about this production was the fact that they didnt even have understudies. its important in theater to have understudies in situations like brennins. for future live musicals, they need to consider that. im sure that they were saving their energy for tonight and if brennin didnt break his foot, we would have had a more energetic and better show. the highlight for me was the very ending when the original cast showed up and sang seasons of love. it was a beautiful moment along with the tribute to jonathan larson. overall, i am very underwhelmed and let down by this production. i give this a 6 out of 10.

uncageg said: "It appears the Sunday live audience got a live performance along with the dress rehearsal video on monitors. That is what it looked like from this video posts."

Yes. I discovered that and edited my comment before seeing your reply. There is this article with some links to video: The real "live" Rent on Fox

The Hollywood Reporter: kind of sort of liked some of it - but thought the solution could have been to just switch to a "concert" production - Did no one think about having an understudy?

https://twitter.com/RENTonFOX/status/1089751000401862656
The Live recording of "I'll Cover You (Reprise)" from the concert tonight is up on Rent Live's twitter now.

Release. This. Version. In. Full. I. Need. It.

The studio version (Im assuming) is available on Apple Music right now.

Man....I wish they could get another go.

Those last 15 min showed that we could have really had something genuinely special.

But I will say Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway is such such a wonderful well shot recording that to me we have this already.

Really loved the set though

BroadwayNoob said: "
I know a decent amountof the lyrics so I caught on to a few changes, but what were some of the changes they did for censorship?"

I am not off book with all the songs but some I noticed

f**kin' weird - super weird

to leather, to dildos - to leather, to latex

poo poo it - reject it (and the line before that, to make the rhyme work, but I didn't fully catch it)

where people piss on your stoop every night - I believe it was 'puke on your stoop every night'

don't commit you're full of s**t - don't commit you're full of it

Still in the show:

contact (in general)

mucho m*sturbation

f****
d*ke
to marijuana!
Maureen not piercing her nipples because it grossed Joane out
sodomy
S&M

The singing and the last fifteen minutes were forgivable. Still enjoyed just for the effort. The audience and accompanying band were loud at times. Just wish most of the show wasnt pre recorded. Thanks for trying everyone. Viva La Vie Boheme