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[TGIF]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 4:59pm

The more I hear about the movie the more excited I am getting. I like hearing technical stuff and hearing the scene breakdowns. And if I don't like what I am hearing, I like knowing more than not knowing.

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 5:01pm

Exactly...at least it's not all mysterious anymore.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 5:03pm

Does that mean that the hot guys won't be humping the fence, cuz' damn... Danny Calvert makes me wanna be a fence so bad... and yes, Tiff, I'm gonna keep saying it...

[TGIF]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 5:03pm

So, things I have been hearing have been good. BUT, if things come up that I am not to thrilled about, atleast I will know what I am getting into right?

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 5:30pm

Hello whenever you get to this, Anthony. I can't say I've thought of anything to debate over, you've remained very diplomatic on most possible topics, but thanks for responding.

My questions: How do you eat an Oreo?
and
if the rest of the OBC of Rent were Spice Girls, what would their names be? Updated On: 10/31/04 at 05:30 PM

[shesings]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 5:35pm

wow ... i'm as excited as the next guy that Anthony is posting here - I think it is awesome, and I'm thrilled to hear his insight about theatre issues and things surrounding the Rent movie - but come on, the way everyone is behaving and asking all these questions you'd think Jesus Christ himself were posting - Anthony, what is the surefire way to get to heaven? Did it hurt when you were crucified?
Don't get me wrong, I'm VERY excited that hes here ... but this all just makes me laugh a little bit!
(though I am still hoping for an answer to my Taye inquiry!)

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 6:02pm

::crickets::

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 6:47pm

From Anthony:

I really only have one great anecdote in this vein, and I have to save it for when I finally get to be a guest on Letterman or something. Sorry, don't want to spoil it here.

I have a good one from the RENT tour here in San Diego October 2nd 2004. Andy Meeks was playing Mark and Dan Rosenbaum was Roger. Most of us in the front row had already seen the show each performance it had played since it opened that Tuesday since we were really the only ones camping out to see the show. So we just ran out after each performance and got in line again. At any rate for the opening line in the song "RENT" Andy runs up to the front of the stage and gets that special lighting and is supposed to sing...

"How do you document real life when real life's getting more like fiction each day. Headlines - breadlines blow my mind and now this deadline 'Eviction - or pay' Rent!"

Well, he didn't. He said...

"How do you write a song when the cords sound wrong, though they once sounded right and rare. When the notes are sour where is the power you once had to ignite the air... Rent!"

Immediately, all of us in the front row are looking at each other, some already giggling. Then I looked at Dan and we were all kinda thinking, "What's he gonna say??? He's screwed." Looking back he could have said Andy's line and it could have just seemed like they were commenting on each other's character, but in that short amount of time, I don't even know what I would have done! So Dan looks at Andy real funny and then just repeats the line a second time... All of us in the front row are now giggling hysterically because of the looks they were giving each other. It was just hilarious.

Afterwards at the stage door Andy was laughing, Dan was laughing and everyone was asking about it. Andy complained that he never messed up any lines until he got cast in RENT, which is funny. Some people asked Dan why he didn't say Mark's line and Dan replied that he totally wanted to call Andy out on it, and that he thought about covering it, but opted no to. Afterwards we all got back in line again and were camping out talking about it and laughing and then there was another drug bust with the homeless people, but that's a whole different story...

Coincidentally, on the final night Dan's mic went out during "Good-bye Love" and he had to come out for "What You Own" singing with a handheld mic. We thought they'd fix it by "Your Eyes", but they didn't so he had to finish the show with the hand held. When he got to "Your Eyes" he didn't even pick up the guitar he just sang the song to Mimi with the mic, which was awesome because it made it even more like a rock concert!

Shawn Updated On: 10/31/04 at 06:47 PM

[DickonDefysGravity]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 6:52pm

Anthony, Thank You soooo much for taking the time to do this!!!

I am an eighteen year old college freshman musical theatre fanatic. I am auditioning for the major Musical Theatre schools in February. I will admit I am quite the fan of your voice and am EXTREMELY stoked to see you this Tuesday in Seattle for LSOH!!! This will be my first time seeing you LIVE and couldn't be more excited!!! My buddy and I are hoping to meet you after the show. Thank you!!! See you Tuesday!!!

Question: If you could revive any starring role in a show... what would it be???

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 6:57pm

I have a pretty good one from the tour too, actually...

The actor playing Collins (who I believe was an understudy) knocked over the phone table going to "call a doctor" during Finale A. This resulted in Jaime Lee cracking up for about the first thirty seconds of her death scene. They got back on really fast though, and the whole show was amazing.

[thespian geek]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 6:57pm

CATSNYrevival, I heard about that story from someone who went to San Diego. She told me that Dan told her the he and Andy were goofing around backstage, singing each other's lines at each other and when showtime came around... well, it kind of stuck in Andy's head. Hahaha. But I think when I see the show again in St. Louis, I might teasy Andy about it.

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 7:02pm

Hmmm...but I guess technically we should be sharing stories of bloopers that actually happened to us, right?

During the second night of Macbeth last summer, the fire alarm went off in the middle of the show and all 800 people in the theatre had to go stand outside in the rain and wait for the fire department to come and clear it. Once they did come, they couldn't turn the alarm off, so we had to finish with it going off. Then, right as we were finishing, the roof started to leak in the theatre next door, right in the middle of a benefit concert that was going on at the same time.

Come on, somebody else share!

Updated On: 10/31/04 at 07:02 PM

[TGIF]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 7:24pm

Hmmm, I have had bloopers. Have to think of a funny one.

Oh, I was in a production of Arsenic and Old Lace. There is a scene where someone is telling Mortimer (a theatre critic) the plot to his play. There is a scene change that during the black out everyone moved and acted like they were sleeping when the lights came up. (I wasnt in this scene). Well someone in the lighting booth goofed and brought the lights up to quickly and caught some of the actors while they were still getting into position. The guy playing Jonathan was about to lay down on the bench. The lights came up and he just slowly layed down. It was very awkward.

ok, wasnt that funny, but i thought i would share.

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 7:25pm

Oh, I also had a show of Music Man where my Harold Hill forgot all his lines, so I spent an entire scene arguing with myself...that must've looked awfully interesting to the audience...

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 7:32pm

Thespian, that's true. They did say that. Andy and Dan are great, though. It was quite a day. They had a matinee at 5 and a night time at 9. Some of us were upset because some people were saying that had the tour been equity that there are rules against things like that. That day the cast only had a 45 minute break between shows which was just not fair... but, the cast handled it like professionals, it was just us, the geeks, who were worried about Dan's voice... Updated On: 10/31/04 at 07:32 PM

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 7:43pm

I think the point was that someone wanted to know if Anthony had experienced any bloopers, not for all of us to post ours. I'd suggest that if you want to do that that you start a new thread and not fill up this one where people are interested in asking Anthony questions. Just a thought.

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 8:02pm

Well, Anthony did say he wanted this to be a discussion thread...

But I hereby declare this a no-flaming thread, so I don't want to fight over this.

[randy_girl]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 8:07pm

Hey Anthony,

you like good music. props to you. are you still in seattle on the 9th of november? there is a death cab for cutie show at the paramount (same place you're doing LSOH) that night. you'll probably already be in cali, but i just thought you might like to be "in the know." death cab is really good live.
looking forward to seeing little shop. the fam's 7th row season tix are extra fun when ANTHONY RAPP(!!!!!!)'s on stage. sorry, hyper fan girl got the best of me for a sec. have a good time in seattle and stay warm.

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 8:21pm

Anthony, here's an interesting one I just thought of, if you don't mind answering another one of mine...

Do you have an image in your mind of the loft from Rent? If so, what does it look like?

[Alix]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 8:59pm

Thought of some more...

Which atre your favorite songs from each of the musicals you have been in, and which are your favorites to perform?

Have you ever wished you could play a role besides Mark in RENT?

Do you have any fun hobbies or hidden talents we should know about?

Thanks for taking time to answer all of our questions, Anthony! It is so nice to talk with you :)

Alix

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 9:04pm

Anthony, to answer you question....I think your answers are great and very informative. You seem to have had a great life and have great admiration towards your fans and those that want to break into show business. I wish there were more people like you out there that do not take their fans for granted. You are an inspiration to me and countless others. There, have I stroked your ego too much? I am just playing. You really are a great person talking with us here on bww.com. I wish you all the happiness and joy in the world.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 9:12pm

"if the rest of the OBC of Rent were Spice Girls, what would their names be?"

I love you, insomniak. I needed to laugh.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 9:22pm

hahha omg!!! i didn't even see that question! that's great!!

[stacey717]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 9:30pm

Someone mentioned how the character of Mark was static (sorry I don't remember who), but I think that is what makes his character so compelling in the show. Correct me if this is a bad interpretation (I am definitely no authority on the issue, only that for some completely wierd reason I see this same quality the character has in myself, go figure), but I think the fact that he does detach himself and seems to remain unchaged and wishing he'd be different is what makes him interesting to watch.
Mark seems to feel separated from the group while grasping very desparately to be a part of it; he's torn becuase somehow he doesn't fit in completely even though he wants to be and is trying--it's just not who he is. ("For someone who longs for a community of his own...") His subconscious detachment is key--(he means to try and be completely involved, but just isn't, it's not his way, perhaps because of his raising)--usually he ends up seeing life through the lense, instead of in person as he should be. There is a sort of wall/facade, in this case the camera lense, between the real, that he doesn't completely commit to though wants to, and what he actually experiences emotionally.
It's like this: you really want to be part of the community, be extroverted and hang out wth the whole gang, do everything with these friends, but you, for some completely independent reason you cannot control (the way you are, nature or nurture, etc) you just can't be totally devoted to the group of friends. It's almost like the idea of a loner, but not. Nobody would call him that given the chance, ever.
I'd see the character of Mark to be one who in hs wasn't a key member in any certain click and possibly even fit in to a whole bunch of them (because of friends of all levels in different clicks) and in this sense a sort of loner--someone with no true best friend but a bunch of moderately/ almost 'best' friends-- but not because he does kinda belong to a group of people that don't have a specific clicky click, but a more conglomerate type click of students (The group I hang out with most is overall an ecclectic mix and quite interesting when you realize how different we all are). (And I use click to mean groups of students that are similar, not like an exclusive group of girls/guys or something.) Maybe he even has trouble finding a bestbest friend (finally finding one in Roger, who only ends up trying to leave and then coming back).


Anthony, if you feel like getting into a character analysis discussion (or anyone else would...): How did you interpret the character of Mark? Were you aided in the interpretation of the character of Mark Cohen to a certain path?

...and how *did* he afford all that film and developing (it is soooo ridiculously expensive!)...and the camera, but it's no like he has the bestest 16 mm ever and there are flea markets and the like, heh...but I solve this conundrum by remembering he comes from a middle class Jewish family from Scarsdale and I would expect (even before hearing the line "some of our parents don't pay our bills" in the NYTW version in Cool/Fool 'You're a Fool' or whatever the title is) his parents would help pay for the development and the film (or someone bought it for him as a gift, but still, somone paid for it for him...)

That was a long post, so I'll say anything else in a separate one...heh...

*My posts are definitely long because of my full sentences.* Updated On: 10/31/04 at 09:30 PM

[stacey717]

Posted: 10/31/04 at 9:45pm

Hmm...that last post of mine was longer than I realized, sorry to people who didn't want to read a mini (was that really mini?!?) analysis of Mark Cohen's staticity (I don't care if I made up that word or not, you get what I mean:) )

Anthony- hope the karaoke party was fun--> Did you sing anything (hehe), if so what? And what did everyone else sing? (Did anyone butcher anything?...Just kidding! There's always that stereotypic image of the person at the karaoke bar who is singing their heart out, bless thier souls, even though they are so out of it/ off key/ don't know the words...).

For everyone-- What's the most far out costume you've seen tonight (or this halloween weekend if you went to a party earlier, etc...) and did everyone have a fun halloween (though the latter is kind of rhetoric as I'd love to presume everyone did!)?

*I better go finish that Spanish hw I shoulda done by now!*