Rent Has Officially Closed- Page 4
Rent Has Officially Closed
broadwayboy101
Broadway Star Joined: 3/20/08
#75re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:43pm
Wait...like "couldn't handle it" as in too emotional for her or "couldn't handle it" as in she's too big a star to attend now?
I'm not trying to be rude, I just didn't know if you were trying to imply something or not...
#76re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:44pmIt really is. If she can get through the TONYS she can get through this.
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#77re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:44pmit was directed to Taintedlove, not you.
#78re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:45pmAs for the lack of Taye, one would assume that he would have to be at work on Private Practice tomorrow.
#79re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:46pmIsn't she busy touring? And Taye's shooting Private Practice I think. So that explains why they're not there.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop.
#79re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:46pmI meant the emotional aspect. Because as I think NGD meant, she was able to appear at the Tonys...why would she be too big for the last show?
Shannon Bo Dannon
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/08
#81re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:46pm
Or maybe he didn't want to go without Idina, who knows.
EDIT: Nevermind, if she's touring and he's shooting Private Practice that makes more sense.
Updated On: 9/7/08 at 10:46 PM
jake6970
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/07
#84re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:48pmUm apparently Idina is at an event, so I don't know if it's that she "couldn't handle the situation".
#85re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:49pmI don't think it was really a dick move. Was the show about seeing the cast members and all the fancy shmancy people, or celebrating the end of a legacy?
#86re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:50pm
An event!?!?! She's known about this for months but decides to go to an event instead of the final performance of a show she helped create.
Edit: The OBC are like the pope of Rent. Do you not remember when A&A came back.
Updated On: 9/7/08 at 10:50 PM
nycserenade2
Chorus Member Joined: 9/16/06
#87re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:51pmI agree about Adam. Anthony flies in from Pittsburgh and Adam can't be bothered because he "gave away his ticket"? Like he couldn't hang backstage? They all should have been there if at all possible. They owe their careers to that show, and at least Jesse and Anthony, who have done more than all of the others (except maybe Taye), respect that and show up to honor Jonathan's memory.
broadwayboy101
Broadway Star Joined: 3/20/08
#88re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:51pmThe event could've been scheduled further in advance than the closing announcement, we don't know the circumstances.
#89re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:53pm
"Ohhh. And about Adam that is just a real dick move. You have 1200 people waiting to see you & you don't show up because you gave away your ticket."
That's not a "dick move" at all. He gave it away so one more fan could see the last performance.
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
taintedxl0ve
Understudy Joined: 5/15/08
#90re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:55pmWe don't know their situations, maybe he had somewhere else to be so he didn't want his ticket to go to waste.
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#91re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:55pm
That bastard.
And Idina? Burn her! Burn her!
#92re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:56pmWhere could of Adam have been that was more important that remembering his dear friend.
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#94re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:58pmMaybe Idina didn't want to be bombarded by the rabid fans.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
bwayfan3
Broadway Star Joined: 10/11/04
#95re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 10:59pm
Idina is on her way to London. She will be appearing at Andrew Lloyd Webber's 60th Birthday Party this week.
Remember this wasn't the original closing date so people might have scheduled other engagements.
#96re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 11:00pmYou poor little thing. You honestly think 1200 people attended the closing night of RENT to see Adam Pascal.
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
#97re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/7/08 at 11:08pmI'm sure if Adam wanted to go, they would allowed him backstage. I think it is nice that if he didn't want to go/ couldn't go that he gave his ticket to fan.
So, that was the Drowsy Chaperone. Oh, I love it so much. I know it's not a perfect show...but it does what a musical is supposed to do. It takes you to another world, and it gives you a little tune to carry with you in your head for when you're feeling blue. Ya know?
#98re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/8/08 at 12:40am
She will be appearing at Andrew Lloyd Webber's 60th Birthday Party this week.
That isn't an excuse to miss anything... ever.
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fanadu1996
Stand-by Joined: 6/14/08
#100re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/8/08 at 1:25am
Dear fanadu, that is what people were bitching about for the last million posts of this thread...
And on that note, could we please stop bitching?
Measure your life in love, RENTheads, and keep it always in your heart.
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brdwybound04
Leading Actor Joined: 4/5/07
#101re: Rent Has Officially Closed
Posted: 9/8/08 at 1:29am
It's fascinating for me to actually fathom that RENT has closed. As I reflect back on it, I have come to realize that for me it has perfectly represented a time period (the 90s) in a way that I have not seen paralleled. Like all things that are quality, it has/and will stand the test of time. Just as the classic sitcom "Roseanne: perfectly embodied the 80s for the middleclass, RENT has done the same for artists during the 90s. Similarily "Roseanne" ended her 9 year run with these famous words from a Walt Whitman poem, and I feel it is only appropriate to revisit them again tonite. "Into that good night I go..."
R.I.P. RENT (The heart may freeze, or it may burn, there is no future, there is past, i live this moment as my last...)
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