RENT tour: Is it worth it? — Page 2

I was sorely disappointed by the tour. Pretty much everybody's a great singer, but the acting is severely lacking and they were having a bunch of sound problems the night I saw it (a few weeks ago). It was sad to see a good piece of theatre get a treatment like that. Everybody seemed much more concerned with how great their voices were than really performing a true theatrical experience. I paid about $28 for my ticket in the back of the mezzanine and I would NOT spend that much again. I was BORED.

This is just the thread I needed to see! I want to try to get tickets for this Saturday in Baltimore...

Also, I don't think twenty is that much for a ticket. If it's that bad, just pay twenty so you have reason to bitch about the cast. :)

I saw the tour in Indianapolis last month and was a bit dissapointed. I had seen the show first about 6 years ago and was amazed by that cast...I believe Maggie Bejamin was Maureen...Anyway, this tour is fun, with some great energy and really great voices...but something is lacking. I can't quite put my finger on it but something was missing for me. Not to mention the mic levels and the pit levels were totally off balance so I lost A LOT of the story beause I couldn't hear them over the music... BUT I went with 3 people who hadn't seen the show before and they loved it. So I guess for $20, yes go. But if you have already seen a great cast, you may be dissapointed..:/

Updated On: 11/30/06 at 12:28 PM

hermionejuliet, first of all, lotto IS a type of rush. Line is the "first come, first serve" scenario you were describing and is NOT the standard when it comes to the Rent tour. Only a few city stops actually have that policy.

"Is it worth $20?" is a ridiculous question. People spend $9 just to see a movie every weekend without questioning it. If you're on a theatre message board in the first place, then of course it's probably worth $20 to see a show live from the front row.

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Updated On: 11/30/06 at 01:45 PM

I called the box office and they said there are no rush tickets for the performance tonight.

What pissed me off is that they were out of student tickets the second time i went, and when I got into the theater, after paying only $26, I saw the entire front row full of adults! what's up with that.

Orangeskittles,

I apologize for apparently using the wrong terminology, but I do beleive I got my point across. I frequent several Rent boards, and generally rush implies the rush line while lotto is called... lotto.

I'm not quite sure that you are right that the rush LINE is not the standard. I've seen the tour several times, in several venues, over several years, and they have all had a line. Of course, this excludes the Broadway production which at one point did have a line . I've also read about other current tour stops which have had lines.

However, I do know that they ARE violating their contract if they do not sell the first two rows for $20 in some manner.

As for the cast, I agree that it was unbalanced, but I don't feel that there were horrible singers or actors. Obviously, each castmember had their strengths. It is FAR better than the last leg of the tour.

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