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Just wanted to say that my friend and I just watched Adventures in Babysitting and she sends her compliments to you Anthony. It's such a funny movie. Gotta love the 80s. Anyways, hope filming is going well and I hope everyone had a good day.

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Anthony - I just wanted to pop in to thank you again for taking all this time to keep us up to date. It would be interesting if your observations throughout the process could be compiled into a book, sort of like what Jeffry Denman did with his journals from the first year of The Producers?

Just random speculations.

Anyways...thanks.

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Hey Anthony, I was just found/started reading the book "Making it on Broadway." What was being a part of that book like? Did they really interview you? It's a great book from what I've read so far and I got excited when I found out you were part of it. I haven't posted much, but I've been lurking here the whole time and I am SO excited about the Rent movie! Thanks for all the answers!

Anthony,
I'm just curious if you've seen what both Peter Jackson and Brian Singer are doing with the making of King Kong and Superman Returns respectively? They are both shooting behind the scenes making of docs and allowing fan made websites to show them.

My question to you is what do you think the chance would be of Chris letting something like this happen for Rent? I think it would be a great nod to the fans and a way to generate lots of interest.

I work for one of the major web portals, that I won't name unless asked, and have extensive knowledge in how to pull this off. I'd love to help out if you think he might be interested.

Todd

*snickers* I loved Adventures in Babysitting. The dancing was lovely *snickers again*. My favorite line (Plus one my friends and I found in an 80s movie quote book) "How could a righteous babe like you be lonely?"

Which is why, years later, I giggled at the line, "She's one righteous dame!" in "Human Tornado"

Lemme guess...favorite 80s slang word?

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Mr. Rapp-

Allow be to begin by saying I am extremely fond of your work and find you to be one of the most entertaining performers on the stage today. I was talking with one of the people work with and she mentioned that she knew you. Her name is Laurie Reinhart, she said you took her Children's Theatre classes at Louis University in Lamont, Illinois. She doubts you remember her, however she wanted me to pass along that she has kept your first composite which you gave to her after a performance. She wanted to let you know that she has followed your work and is extremely happy that you have made it so far and done so well. She also said that if you dont happen to remember her, you may remember her business manager, Judy Lundy, or her daughter (Sarah I believe Laurie said her name was...I can't quite remember). She also said just to say hello and congratulations on all you've accomplished. Just thought you may be interested to know people you worked with long ago are still following your work. As for my own, I wanted to let you know that I hope all is going well with the movie and I can't wait for its premiere. Thanks!



Edit: I was speakin to my brother about this post and he just told me more interesting information. Not sure if you will remember this, but a few years back you gave some speeches on a Fine Arts Day at my highschool (though I was not there at the time), Adlai E. Stevenson Highschool in Lincolnshire. My brother attended your workshop and one of his teachers informed him that you were to be at a similar event at Libertyville Highschool later that week. His teacher called him and his best friend out of classes that day and, from what he told me, he spent the entire day hanging out with you. I found that a pretty entertaining and interesting story. Just curious if you have any recollection of the event. Thanks!

Updated On: 2/15/14 at 05:37 PM

Well, since it was revived...didn't get the chance to comment before, since I was away, but I will now that it's brought up again.

I'm with you on the "forbidden love" thing. I never thought, "If Roger didn't have Mimi, he'd be with Mark." In warning, my opinion is severely different than it was a few months ago, but now I can see both sides of the coin. For me, it depends on who's playing Mark, completely. Roger is, as everyone said, straightER than Mark, but Mark's affection for Roger is kind of a subjective thing for me, subject both to interpretation by the actor and by the audience. It can be seen as a platonic love and worry, or it can be seen as...more. But I don't think either interpretation lessens the intensity of what he feels for Roger.

That being said, I REALLY hate it when fanfic writers kill off Mimi just so Roger and Mark can be together at last!! I like slash as much as the next person--well, probably more--hell, I've written it, but that's just SO contrived and annoying.

Okay, that was more like eight or ten cents worth of opinion. And now I must go stir my fudge.

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Thanks for responding Anthony. I love reading everything you put. This isn't really a question but a statement on how I think RENT effects people. First of all I am straight (OH MY GOD, A STRAIGHT MAN...I know ) and I have to say that RENT has completely changed my life and how I view others. I was raised in a southern baptist family where being gay is a "sin and we should not associate ourselves with the likes of them." So, growing up, this was my thinking. Then I heard RENT for the very first time and right away my whole view was changed. I no longer look at people as gay or straight but as my brothers and sisters who have basically the same every day problems as me. And the character of Mark struck a chord in me because through the whole musical, he witnesses so much and pretty much carries everyone's problems on his shoulders and tries to make everyone happy, even if that means sacrificing his own happiness. That is me. I have always tried to make everyone around me happy and I keep my feelings inside. I just want to thank you for making the character of Mark so real to me. I also thank Jonathan for writing such an amazing musical. I hope you and the rest of the cast cherish every moment of making this film because I assure you that once it is released, it is going to change a lot of people as it did me as well as others on this message board.

PS. tell everyone in the cast hi for us and tell them we wish everyone all the best.

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Updated On: 3/29/05 at 09:02 PM

When I saw it again a couple of years ago and Anthony came on, I said, "Man, he looks REALLY familiar" and as the movie went on I started thinking, "He looks just like Mark in the OBCR of RENT." When the credits started to roll and I saw "Anthony Rapp" I said "OMG...IT IS MARK."

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