RENT U.S. Tour

I'm seeing it in INDY! How good is the tour????
Thank-You!

I'm seeing it next weekend in Ft. Lauderdale

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I liked the past non-equity tour the best. the last equity tour was only okay.

When is it playing in Indy?

i saw it in Boston and i walked out. the piece is just so dated and someone told me they changed the ending

Updated On: 9/10/06 at 10:24 PM

"they changed the ending"

What?

I was told it's coming to my hometown in NH which seemed pretty impossible to me since I saw it in Boston in June... is it still circling around? If it is, coming here is kind of a shock, and seems like an act of desperation.

I just saw the Rent tour at the Tampa Bay Performing ARts Center. The show was fantastic, I have seen it 2 times on broadway, and was just as impressed with tour as with broadway. The cast is very strong, theyre were several in the cast that stood out. Those would be Bryce Ryness, Jed Resnick, Tracy McDowell, and Chante Carmel Frierson. But the whole cast was good. I saw the u/s Cedric Leiba Jr. as Angel. I thought he was very good, kinda short, he could not really do much during Today for U Tomorrow 4 me. But his vocals were outstanding. Overall the show was good and I would deffinetly reccoment it.

(so um yea, I basically suck at writing reviews lol, sorry!)

I saw the tour in Philadelphia, and it wasn't bad, but it's certainly not as great as it could be. The only cast member to really blow me away was Warren G. Nolan as Collins. His "I'll cover you" (reprise) was heartbreaking. Mark was decent, but not overwhelmingly impressive and Roger's voice worked but his appearance didnt read "rocker" for a single second. Angel couldn't come close to handling his part vocally. Maureen and Joanne were both handled pretty well, but i kind of miss the days when bigger girls got the part of Joanne. Call me sizeist if you'd like but i find it hard to believe that these tiny little women wouldn't be completely overpowered by a diva like Maureen. And finally, Arianda Fernandez as Mimi...i understand what they were going for. She looks SO PERFECT for the role. She's the right age, she has the Mimi hair...but she's just not there. Her "out tonight" wasn't that bad, but "without you" and "goodbye love" were painful. Overall, i think the cast leaves quite a bit to be desired.

Just for the record, you won't be seeing the current cast. Most of the cast according to rumors most of the cast will be replaced in late September. .

As for Rent being dated- the setting is dated if you can call it that, but I think the themes are timeless. (Corny, but there is no other way to describe it without writing a book).

As for the current cast, there are strengths in the current cast, but there are also many actors with raw talent and not much experience. Far from the best touring cast I've seen...

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sfs, I was in the second row in Chicago and the actors would drop character and take looks at the audience during the show. OMG I am in Rent!

and by changing the ending i was refering to when Mimi "moos". they took it out and she just sits up like she did in the film

Thing is. RENT is the only broadway show to have a non equity tour. They do this so that they can broaden casting choices and give people who are not union a chance to be union. It is the same sets and whatnot as on broadway but it is just that the cast is differen. This year the cast SUCKS last year they were better. And, if your great on tour they might bump you up to broadway. But, I don't understand the difference between equity actors and non equity actors making a show bad. It could have been just as terrable if the actors were union. Bottom line is that it doesn't matter if they are union or not to be a bad cast.

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