RENT has much to celebrate!
RENT has much to celebrate!
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#0RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 12:24pm
On July 12th, the hit musical RENT was celebrating, and for three great reasons!
1) "Queer Eye" culture vulture Jai Rodriguez returned to the show as Angel
2) American Idol 2 botee, Frenchie Davis has begun to reprise her minor but excellent role as the Seasons Of Love solist
and the biggest reason to celebrate?????
RENT IS NOW THE 9TH LONGEST RUNNING SHOW IN B'WAY HISTORY!
Congratulations RENT!
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#1re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 12:27pmbotee?
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#2re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 12:28pmIt's a southern thing.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#3re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 12:29pmI live in Westchester (right outside of the city)
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#4re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 12:38pmThat's nice. Now what does botee mean?
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#5re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 12:40pmIt mean that thang ya take ta git accross tha bayou.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#6re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 12:42pmHahaha. It means someone who was kicked off of something. Someone who has been BOOTED off. She was kicked off of AI2.
Jo Jo Mandingo
Swing Joined: 7/15/04
#7re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 12:49pm
Ah - perhaps you should have spelled it "Bootee" (then again, perhaps you should have spelled it "runner-up" or "finalist")
"Botee" sounds like a robot
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#9re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 1:11pmHappy Birthday, Rent! I hope you recover from your horrible bout of Popstaritis soon!
#10re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 1:15pmhappy birthday to rent! i really hope it beats out cats and phantom for longest running show.
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
QueenMuppet
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/29/04
#12re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 1:44pm
I am not a fan of stunt casting myself but respect where it's due, Frenchie Davis kicks the sh*t out of Seasons Of Love. What a voice!!!
QM
'He really wasn't good as Fieyro. Is it just me or does he sort of come across as a pimp? Just...the hand motions I've seen him do and the attitude..not that Taye is a pimp.' - SallyBrown on Taye Diggs as Fiyero
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#14re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 1:55pmYay RENT!!! A well-deserved title.
GirlfriendFromCanada
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/7/03
#15re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 2:11pmPerhaps it is just me, but I'm pretty sure Rent's actual anniversary was in April.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#16re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 2:13pmYes, its anniversary was. But becoming the 9th longest running show isn't the same thing.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#18re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 3:09pm
Hence the name, insomniak.
I do love RENT. Although Frenchie may have a large "booty", I wouldn't call her a bootee, or a botee. They both just sound...odd. I'd call her an ex-Idol. As in ex-parrot.
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Nevermind. Shutting up now.
TheGirlinTheFrock
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/26/04
#19re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 3:17pm
Congrats RENT!
Viva La Vie Bo-RENT! :)
I am just glad reason number three wasnt Drew coming to do Mark in September!! But i am so happy for RENT I'd love to see it move up in the ranks of the longest running shows.
Though scattered and divided we are still its heart...AIDA SEPTEMBER 5th, 2004...one more longing backward glance...
I AM NOW "TGIF!"
ItSucks2BAveQ
Stand-by Joined: 6/14/04
#20re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 5:29pmYEAH RENT! WHAT A GREAT MUSICAL! IT SHOWS HOW DIFFERENT SHOWS BACK THEN ARE FROM THE CRAPPY ONES RIGHT NOW (WICKED OMITTED) COUGH, COUGH AVENUE Q...GO RENT!
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#21re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 5:31pmEveryone here knows how you feel about AVENUE Q. There is already enough negativity on these boards without you adding to it with each of your posts. Please continue posting if you would like to discuss other shows and your feelings about them, but as I said, we already know how you feel about that particular show.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#22re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 7:02pmItsucks... don't you already have a specific thread for ave Q hating? Or did it get deleted again?
TheGirlinTheFrock
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/26/04
#23re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 7:26pmItsucks..different opinions are always welcome, but bashing a show isnt.
Though scattered and divided we are still its heart...AIDA SEPTEMBER 5th, 2004...one more longing backward glance...
I AM NOW "TGIF!"
#24re: RENT has much to celebrate!
Posted: 7/16/04 at 7:28pm
Well said, Matt. 
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