The RENT movie date...- Page 8

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:20pm

like this am -

i'm on the train into the city and there is this baby just SCREAMING!!! with that high pitched squeal that only young children can make (and i wish only dogs could hear!!)

and i was PISSED! But even so - the train was probably irritating the child and the poor mom was doing all she could (except no teething ring - duh!) so i just moved to another car...

it's one of those things... but at least i wasn't trying to hear the train's story line, ya know?

[dmb_rent]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:21pm

So Fredi, you mentioned you were more interested in being behind the camera these days...are you more into writing or directing, and why? When did you switch over to wanting to be behind the scenes?

[Cugirl]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:21pm

Hi Fredi,

I'm just popping in to say hi. I missed you last week, and I'm sad that I can't stay on BWW long tonight either. I have a big midterm tomorrow morning, and I'm panicking!!!

I didn't get to see you perform on stage, but gosh, you sound amazing in the Rent OBCR. I wish I have a big voice like yours!

Take care!

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:22pm

It's also sad b/c if bway theatre etiquette is like this, I barely expect anything from movie theatre audiences. I actually haven't been going much just b/c I go to so much broadway there's not too many movies I wanna see anyway but it's ridiculous...cell phones, ppl talking, throwing things...personally I think that's a big reason movie attendance is down. I have a nice sized TV for most movies I can wait till the DVD comes out.

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:23pm

new music..

nope - just collecting stuff to buy later (probably this summer when i have time off...)

dmb - why? because there just aren't enough roles (especially for the blacktresses) to go around, so i thought i'd create some.

i was directing before i started writing so that's just a natural follow-through. I don't really write for stage though. i'm a visual person. i think that's why i direct well for stage.. i think in pictures.

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:23pm

I completely agree with the DVD thing...either I wait, or I see things at like 2 am.

[singingwendy]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:23pm

That's part of the reason I'm dreading our school's Holiday concert. Not only are the parents rude and talk whenever THEIR child is not performing, but then they let the preschool children run all over the auditiorium. I've already had to stop 2 and 3 year old from climbing up on to the stage...or from playing the piano keys or other instruments!

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:24pm

As if I needed another reason to be depressed about not living in NYC!

Anyway, sounds like an awesome get-together. I hope you all have fun!

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:24pm

Hmm Fredi, we asked you once what you feel the best broadway Blacktress roles are, what about movie roles?

[dmb_rent]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:25pm

i was directing before i started writing so that's just a natural follow-through. I don't really write for stage though. i'm a visual person. i think that's why i direct well for stage.. i think in pictures.

So you're into film...what kind of stories have you been thinking about? Genre wise...

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:25pm

i've got 30 more minutes to spend with you guys..

short tonight..

hopefully everyone who can go has pm'd or emailed...

and i'll take final questions now...

*i feel like a game show host!*

[greenegirl87]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:25pm

haha singing wendy im a dance teacher and last year, at our recital, i had to stop one three year old from jumping into the orchestra! multiple times! it was terrible!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:26pm

Fredi, those are EXACTLY my feelings. I work in a daycare center, I know the kids aren't always the problem. I can't stand when parents will bring their children to places that are obviously inappropriate for them (nice restaurant, movie, theater, etc.) and expect everyone else to tolerate listening to their children scream.

It's even worse when the parents have learned to block out the noise and completely ignore the crying, then get hostile when someone asks them to quiet their children down.

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:26pm

aspiring - you are pretty much where you should be for now...

audition for regional or community stuff in the summers

or even theme-park if you are old enough. totally prepares you for the "gypsy" life!

[dmb_rent]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:26pm

oooh final question time! well, as far as a RENT question goes...a random question just popped in my head. how much did you/do you relate to joanne, and in what ways?

[singingwendy]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:27pm

greenegirl...Let's see..you have ones trying to get off the stage, I have ones trying to get on..maybe we should hold our programs together..it might even out!

[greenegirl87]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:27pm

Fredi, if you could be doing absolutely anything careerwise right now, without any boundaries, would it be the directing and writing, or acting? especially now in retrospect with experience in both

[Feathah]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:27pm

Hi everyone! Hi Fredi!

Just getting back to going to the movie, I don't think the Ziegfeld will be showing RENT. They have an exclusive showing of The Producers beginning around that time I think.

Thanks for getting this together, Fredi. You sure you're ready for us Rentheads? lol

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:28pm

best blacktress roles - aside from JoAnne you mean?

Rafiki
Mabel
Mama Morton (both ways..)
and now - Sofia (the only one i'm really interested in right now...)

Film? can't think... i'm sure there are a few but i'm not that impressed with African-American film right now...

out to change that...

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:28pm

fredi--im not 100% sure if i can go yet.. is it okay if i let you know in the next two days?
Updated On: 12/6/05 at 09:28 PM

[ElphabaRose]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:28pm

Fredi, I remember that you mentioned on your last thread that you were a dresser for theatre. I'm working as a dresser on my college production right now as part of a class and I actually really enjoy it. How did you (and others in the "real world") get into that?

[rowers unite]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:29pm

Hi Fredi,

im rather new to the boards and missed the last "chat" or thread which you were involved in.
the first time i went to NYC, i was nine and you and the rest of the OBC were still on broadway with RENT, yet my parents felt that my siblings and i (were triplets) were to young to see you guys. Let me say that you have an amazing voice and sound amazing in the RENT OBCR.
I would love to go to the movie with you guys, but seeing as I am in Canada that would be impossible

i do have a question for you: what made you first interested in musical theater? was it a specific show or star?

THANKS

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:29pm

I was trying to see Color Purple this thursday, but can't get down to rush it so the way my weekends are shaping up busily, I'll prob just wait till January when I'm off for a month, then I can rush a weeknight show.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:30pm

30 minutes? You mean I won't have an excuse to not work on my reviews anymore?

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 12/6/05 at 9:30pm

What reviews skittles?

Yeah once again I've been...productive...really.