#1
Posted: 8/6/10 at 1:36am
RENT at the Hollywood Bowl - Video preview w/ set and costumes
#2
Posted: 8/6/10 at 1:41am
Damn. NPH has really outdone himself.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#3
Posted: 8/6/10 at 2:06am
Anybody else find it really disturbing that those children are portraying characters with AIDS?
#5
Posted: 8/6/10 at 2:33am
Holy sh*t f*ck that was disturbing.
#6
Posted: 8/6/10 at 2:34am
Ok. You want to do this show in high schools? Fine, I guess.
Middle schools? Ehhhh. Maybe?
BUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO APPEAR TO BE 6-10 years old? Just no. Extremely disturbing and sickening.
Middle schools? Ehhhh. Maybe?
BUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO APPEAR TO BE 6-10 years old? Just no. Extremely disturbing and sickening.
Updated On: 8/6/10 at 02:34 AM
#7
Posted: 8/6/10 at 2:37am
Both terrifying and adorable. Well played.
#8
Posted: 8/6/10 at 3:25am
That video is terrible. Who lets eight year olds do Rent?
#9
Posted: 8/6/10 at 7:46am
The Christmas pageant this year will be "Oh Calcutta!".
#10
Posted: 8/6/10 at 9:48am
The actress playing Joanne is relying way to much on her prop (the phone).
#11
Posted: 8/6/10 at 9:48am
If you thought this was disturbing you shoudl have seen their version of Contact.
I want to be at the musical rehearsals for this show.
"Okay, I want to all to scream this music as loud as you can! Ready, go!"
And Tom Collins is.... a girl?
I want to be at the musical rehearsals for this show.
"Okay, I want to all to scream this music as loud as you can! Ready, go!"
And Tom Collins is.... a girl?
#13
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:00am
Yes, Tom is a girl. It was the most painful "I'll Cover You Reprise" EVER.
Also, the choreography is great.
Also, the choreography is great.
#14
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:03am
#15
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:04am
Oh good God. This is seriously the most disturbing thing I have ever seen. Do these kids even know what AIDS is?
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
Updated On: 8/6/10 at 10:04 AM
#16
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:05am
Weird. I guess they had a male and a female Collins?
Yes, it's legal.
Yes, it's legal.
#17
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:07am
They probably think it is something you can get from hugging and kissing a lot.
#18
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:08am
Mr. Patrick Harris has 100% gained my approval
#19
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:17am
Extraordinary. By casting younger, they have un-earthed the true core of RENT. This is definite atonement for the film version.
#20
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:21am
While this is frightening - although, it's really not that much more frightening than the community theatre production I saw in Chicago last winter - why is everyone horrified that children might know what AIDS is? I knew what AIDS was when I was a child. I don't really see that as the hot issue here.
#21
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:26am
Well obviously this brilliant director (I'm thinking probably David Leveaux was behind this one) took inspiration in Joanne's line to Maureen: "You're One Lucky Baby" - and took that to heart in his casting.
I don't think the issue of AIDS is the issue; I think its the connotation that these children would have contracted it through drug use or sex which gives one the creeperrs -- but what is theatre for if not to disturb profoundly.
I don't think the issue of AIDS is the issue; I think its the connotation that these children would have contracted it through drug use or sex which gives one the creeperrs -- but what is theatre for if not to disturb profoundly.
Updated On: 8/6/10 at 10:26 AM
#22
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:28am
HIV is replaced with head lice in the grammar school version.
(beeeping)
"RID break!"
"You?"
"Me. You?"
"Me. Me."
[ROGER]
What'd you forget?
[MIMI]
Got a COMB?
[ROGER]
I know you? -- You're --
You're scratching....
[MIMI]
It's nothing
It's bugs, crabs or maybe mosqeet,
And I'm just a little
Weak on my feet
Would comb my nits out?
What are you staring at?
[ROGER]
Nothing, just the lice in the moonlight.
(beeeping)
"RID break!"
"You?"
"Me. You?"
"Me. Me."
[ROGER]
What'd you forget?
[MIMI]
Got a COMB?
[ROGER]
I know you? -- You're --
You're scratching....
[MIMI]
It's nothing
It's bugs, crabs or maybe mosqeet,
And I'm just a little
Weak on my feet
Would comb my nits out?
What are you staring at?
[ROGER]
Nothing, just the lice in the moonlight.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#23
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:29am
When I was younger, I knew the word AIDS and that it was bad but none of the details.
I also would be very afraid of their Out Tonight.
Is it possible this is a hoax?
I also would be very afraid of their Out Tonight.
Is it possible this is a hoax?
#24
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:31am
It's possible they just showcased a few of the better songs.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#25
Posted: 8/6/10 at 10:34am
I don't even want to hear the edited version of La Vie Boheme.
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