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Welcome, Anthony Rapp!
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/04
Taking a chance? There's no day but today!#750
Posted: 11/17/04 at 4:18pm
you can't see the touring cast of RENT?? they are utterly fabulous.. I'm sorry! why aren't you allowed?
YOU HAVE TOO!
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
Taking a chance? There's no day but today!#751
Posted: 11/17/04 at 4:19pmummm... sally, aren't all movies in theatre's BEFORE they go to video...
Taking a chance? There's no day but today!#752
Posted: 11/17/04 at 4:20pm
School night, namely, tonight...and it's a two hour drive.
Oh, and then there's the small fact that I've seen it twice and my parents think that's a huge waste.
AND they keep playing the card of "You had a chance to go in October when we were in the city!"
Yeah, I had to choose between RENT and the gig at Kean. Gee, hard choice that was...
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
Taking a chance? There's no day but today!#753
Posted: 11/17/04 at 4:27pmyay anthony's back!!!!!!!!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/04
Taking a chance? There's no day but today!#754
Posted: 11/17/04 at 4:45pm
NTG, parents can be so rotten sometimes.. 
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
Taking a chance? There's no day but today!#755
Posted: 11/17/04 at 4:48pmnope some movies aren't
Taking a chance? There's no day but today!#756
Posted: 11/17/04 at 5:10pm
Sally--no, not all, but they'd be nuts not to show RENT in theaters first. Although I doubt the planning has actually gotten that far yet. Wouldn't that be a post-production decision?
Angel--yeah, but seeing as how they just agreed to buy me a guitar I can't really say that right now...and they *did* take me to Kean, which was a three hour drive even from where we were staying...
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/04
Taking a chance? There's no day but today!#757
Posted: 11/17/04 at 5:40pm
I just realized that we have yet again totally threadjacked.. We are sooo bad.. **slaps wrists**
Well that was cool of them, I remember when mine got me my keyboard.. It was cool because I got it for Christmas, but as soon as I opened it they told me that if this wasn't the one I wanted we would go get a different one.. 
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
Featured Actor Joined: 10/27/04
Awww....#758
Posted: 11/17/04 at 5:44pm
"And when I saw the tour cast last year, half the audience had walked out by intermission. "
That's so sad... *meanies*
And yes, we are on a small threadjacking stint... ::oopsies::
[...Chanukah is just around the corner (I thought it was late this year but apparently was wrong as it starts, if I remember correctly, December 7th...)...haven't really asked for anything yet...but I do speak often of shows I'd like to see sometime, etc...]
Awww....#759
Posted: 11/17/04 at 5:45pm
Ooo I have a keyboard too...and a grand piano...so I really shouldn't be complaining. But still.
And it's not totally threadjacking, cuz it's RENT, so it's semi-relevant. But I shall shut up now.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/04
Awww....#760
Posted: 11/17/04 at 5:51pm
I wasn't knocking it, I was just pointing it out.. We all seem to be good at the threajacking..
I just dont understand how ANYONE can walk out of RENT.. They just dont get it I suppose! It's sad. I know that there are RENT haters out there and they are entitled to their opinions but come on? I find them NUTS!
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
Awww....#761
Posted: 11/17/04 at 5:56pm
It's because they were a bunch of conservatives who got offended.
Most of them were elderly ladies who had subscriptions to the theater's season and didn't really know the show.
As, I am guessing, were the 30 or so people who walked out of Kean. Not counting the autograph sharks who went out into the lobby halfway through the show cuz they thought...oh, don't even get me started on that. I wanted to hit them all. Except that I got like fourth row seats whereas I had been in the back...
Awww....#762
Posted: 11/17/04 at 5:57pm
It's because they were a bunch of conservatives who got offended.
Most of them were elderly ladies who had subscriptions to the theater's season and didn't really know the show.
As, I am guessing, were the 30 or so people who walked out of Kean. Not counting the autograph sharks who went out into the lobby halfway through the show cuz they thought...oh, don't even get me started on that. I wanted to hit them all. Except that I got like fourth row seats whereas I had been in the back...
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/04
Awww....#763
Posted: 11/17/04 at 6:00pm
Now that is funny.. Maybe they learned to look into what the shows were about after that! Serves them right! hehehe..
Speaking of audiences walking out, we actually had a ton of people walk out of our production of Once Upon a Mattress last season.. They were completely offended. It was the most bizarre thing in the world!
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
Awww....#764
Posted: 11/17/04 at 6:02pmHow is that show offensive?
Awww....#765
Posted: 11/17/04 at 6:15pm
Er...
I hate to rain on the proverbial parade, but shouldn't this conversation be moved to the Random thread or somewhere?
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/04
Awww....#766
Posted: 11/17/04 at 6:26pm
yes nia, you are absolutely right..
**gets out umbrella and trudges off**
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
Awww....#767
Posted: 11/17/04 at 6:49pmI still say it's not really a threadjack...we're talking about theatre, not just random stuff.
Awww....#768
Posted: 11/17/04 at 7:23pmWould they be nuts not to screen it in theaters? After reading Columbus's full screenplay, a ton of people seem to be crossing their fingers for it to air on NBC as originally planned! Read my lips: A-BYS-MAL.
Awww....#769
Posted: 11/17/04 at 7:26pm
I haven't read it, purely out of fear. The CBers do seem to hate it, though.
*sigh*
Awww....#770
Posted: 11/17/04 at 7:27pm
*shakes head, then hides*
Cue returning worries.
Awww....#771
Posted: 11/17/04 at 7:32pm
"The CBers do seem to hate it, though."
Wow. (thinking about the state of that screenplay)
Have you read through that thread? There's some liking, a lot of lukewarm feelings, and then HATE.
I'll say this much -- and not with much care as to how Anthony Rapp responds to this should he read it, because I think that as a fellow queer, he needs to consider this: Despite a few pleasant touches, the screenplay is an abomination. I doubt the gay community will be particularly pleased with the way that Chris Columbus's Mrs. Doubtfire sensibility figures into his treatment of Angel and Collins. Whew. Maybe he has a big heart as Whiteboy Spice said an earlier post, but it's pretty damn clear from that screenplay that when Columbus saw Rent live, Mimi and Roger's relationship was the ONLY one that he could relate to! Whew. BAD.
I'm switching to the Memoirs of a Geisha film bandwagon.
Updated On: 11/17/04 at 07:32 PM
Awww....#772
Posted: 11/17/04 at 7:38pmI'm frightened, but curious. Is there somewhere I can see this?
Awww....#774
Posted: 11/17/04 at 8:05pm
I thought the original first Chobsky draft was amazing. I do have to say that, on paper (and we all know how much it can change before an opening) I am not impressed with the newer script. I am more than willing to discuss my thoughts with anyone at anytime. Take care.
Charlie
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