Welcome, Anthony Rapp!- Page 61

[NYTW1994]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 4:56am

Hey Anthony, thanks for posting when you can. Glad you're with us on the boards.
My name is brad anyways.... Just have a question or two if you have time.

1. Can you tell us how the sound of the updated versions of the rent music is. Is it faster, slower, more rock, less rock..?

2. Have the costumes changed at all?

sorry if this was asked before, I'm just a curious guy and I love rent.

[theatersprstr]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 5:01am

hey i have a question! i tried to special order look around and it said that they were like...all sold out and no more were made or something crazy like that! but i really really want one! *throws fit* so somebody anybody tell me where i can get one! PLEASE!!! another question!

how do you deal with stress/presure?

[NYTW1994]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 10:20am

I found it on ebay for 12.00$

https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=307&item=4064738525&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[renthead2005z]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 10:22am

that is awesome!!!...i want the cd!

[Staci1818]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 10:52am

http://www.sh-k-boom.com/store_cd.html <----- Scroll down a bit, the cd is $15 with shipping

http://cdbaby.com/cd/rapp <---- $12 without shipping

[renthead2005z]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:40am

Thank-you soo much!

[insomniak]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:46am

...

Look, I don't want to sound nasty, but may I request that people consider not posting their entire life stories? I won't name names, but some people type out a ridiculous amount about themselves and gush unnecessarily. Please, don't chew up the bandwith with tons of sugary compliments and details about yourself. We have other places for doing that (though many of said offenders don't participate in any thread but this one because it has a famous actor who reads it). Just something to think about. Updated On: 1/8/05 at 11:46 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:49am

Wait... sh-k-boom has Anthony's CD, too? More snaps for them, then!!
I'm going to pick up a copy, I think.

[renthead2005z]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 12:20pm

insomniak you are soo right. But the only one that i don't mind is whiteboy spice...it is cool to read anthonys stuff.

[renthead2005z]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 1:37pm

I love talking to Anthony Rapp and I just wanna take this time to thannk him for doing this. It truely shows that you care about your fans!

[LoudIrishGirl]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 4:11pm

Yah, thank you so much for actually taking the time to respond to all the questions! And, like somebody else said, I love coming home from school to read all these posts.

Also, when you are recording group songs, is everybody in one room with one mike singing it or does each individual sing their part and then the technicians combine them later on?
Thanks!

[FOCI]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 5:24pm

so did we all hear about the apparent hullabaloo over Treasure Island the other day?

[LoudIrishGirl]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 7:24pm

No, do tell...

[renthead2005z]

Posted: 1/8/05 at 7:44pm

I wanna hear!!!!!!

[bellalunatic]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 12:44am

yes! that's why I'm here, er, oh yeah and to say Hi to Anthony....

(Hi Anthony!We met a few years ago at the Berkeley Rep during Nocturne...I was working on the other show....would love to catch up, had your # but moved and lost it)

Please tell me Rent is NOT leaving Treasure Island!

[LoudIrishGirl]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:05am

WHAT! noo! that would be so horribly sad! what happened?!

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:09am

Dear Anthony,

Hope you can answer these questions. If the show doesn't end up shooting in San Fran will you move to LA or do the whole shoot in NYC? Also, I read in the script a description of the character April as being a real rocker chick with red hair. This bugged me since Mimi is supposed to physically remind Roger of April, and Rosario ain't a rocker chick type and obviously ain't a redhead. Can you comment?

Thanks for taking the time to post.

[LariTheLoud]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 1:19am

"Also, I read in the script a description of the character April as being a real rocker chick with red hair. This bugged me since Mimi is supposed to physically remind Roger of April, and Rosario ain't a rocker chick type and obviously ain't a redhead."

Just to interject, if you don't mind, I don't see a problem with April being a rocker chick. Roger DID say that Mimi reminded him of April only when she smiled. I think that he's so hung up on what happened to April at the beginning of RENT, that he'd see... almost any new girl to resemble April in some way. He's that sort of lovable angstball.

Oh! Since I'm joining the bandwagon here--Thank you SO much for posting to us, Anthony. I enjoyed reading through everything so that I'd have no danger of repeating a question. Heh. I'm Lari(ssa). I'm nearly 18 years old, from South Jersey. ... For some reason, South Jersians stress that they're from South Jersey, just to distance ourselves from North Jersey.

Er... I digress.

Anyway, I hope the Treasure Island 'mishap' doesn't interfere with the quality of the sets or film as a whole. Any information about that would be appreciated. :) Hope you're having a decent weekend, Anthony!

Updated On: 1/9/05 at 01:19 AM

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 2:52am

Sorry if I missed something but what is this whole delima with Treasure Island and the filming of the movie? If someone could explain this to me it would be much appreciated.

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 3:31am

These sentences from The San Francisco Examiner sum it up:

>>
Barring a last-minute breakthrough, Hollywood director Chris Columbus and his "Rent" production crew may soon be saying farewell to Treasure Island, according to the island's director and film industry workers.

Treasure Island Development Agency Director Tony Hall said Thursday his agency and Columbus' movie production company had been unable to agree to terms of a lease. He said "Rent" had not met basic tenant requirements such as a security deposit, proof of insurance and financial statements.
>>

[NYTW1994]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 6:08am

well they may just have to film in nyc,*scarcastic tone* booohooohoo... rent actually in nyc what a shame poor chris columbus actually having to leave his family for 12 weeks boohoo lol. well maybe more than 12 weeks.

i posted the full article.

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=695278&dt=010905062255 Updated On: 1/9/05 at 06:08 AM

[Whiteboy Spice]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 9:04am

Hi All --

I really can't comment at length about the Treasure Island brouhaha, but suffice it to say that don't believe everything you read. It's true there are problems getting worked out, but the details expressed in that article are not all true. The San Francisco Examiner is pretty much the NY Post of this city, and displays about the same amount of journalistic integrity and propensity for airing controversy just for the sake of controversy.

If we have to move out of Treasure Island, though, we will still film the majority of the movie in the Bay Area.

As much as Chris and the producers tried to find a way to do more filming in NYC, the truth is that you cannot shoot on the streets of NYC after dark and play music while doing so: there is a law that prevents productions from doing that, because of all the residents' complaints over the years from music videos doing night shoots in their neighborhoods. That fact alone makes it impossible to shoot most of Rent in NYC, sadly. There will still be some shooting in the city (including on the Brooklyn Bridge at one point), but the bulk will have to be done elsewhere.

But Chris and our cinematographer have vowed to challenge anyone to know from watching the film that it wasn't *all* shot in NYC. Hopefully they'll win that challenge.

As for other questions:

"1. Can you tell us how the sound of the updated versions of the rent music is. Is it faster, slower, more rock, less rock..?"

I've only heard rough mixes of some of the songs' basic tracks at this point, so I can't say for certain how they will all sound in their final versions, but overall I can say that the sonic experience is much fuller than on the OBC. And the drums alone on "Rent" kick some serious *ass.* But the tempi are pretty much the same, or different only by degrees. There are slight changes in a couple of the vocal arrangements, and there will be a lot more voices on some of the songs, including "Rent." Overall, I think it will sound amazing, especially in a surround sound theatre. I get chills thinking about Jonathan's beautiful cacophony washing over you as you sit there with your popcorn...

"Have the costumes changed at all?"

They will definitely change, especially for me, since I will actually get to change my clothes, since this is a film that happens over time. The costume design is all still getting figured out, and will continue to get figured out up until the time we're shooting. Oh, and about our costume designer, I was talking to her the other day, and found out she also designed Return of the Jedi! How cool is *that*?

"Any update on the release date of the movie?"

That won't all be finalized for some time yet, but it will probably not be out until mid-December at the earliest. When we did A Beautiful Mind, we shot through the middle of June, and the film was released on the 19th of December, so I would imagine our release schedule would be something similar, giving them plenty of time to cut the film together and do whatever post-production fixes that might need to happen.

Jesse gets into town today. I'm very excited to see him. It's been a while, although we've talked on the phone quite a bit. He's so happy to be doing the movie...

Talk to you all soon --

Anthony

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 9:07am

considering idina menzels recent accident, do you figure anything will be delayed?

[chaos_dragon]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 10:48am

ya, i was just gonna bring this up. I dont think the injury was very serious, but im hoping nothing is delayed. Maybe Anthony can update us on her condition when he sees her again...

as to other questions i have...
1) It may be too early to ask, but does anyone have any ideas for marketing. Will there be lots of TV spots, appearances of shows, posters, etc?
2) totally random, but where did you get your user name from? just thought i would ask, seeing as its quite unique

anyways, thats just my 2-cents. been reading the board for a while, but never posted. Thanks for talkin to us Anthony!

[bellalunatic]

Posted: 1/9/05 at 11:09am

thanks for getting back to us Anthony. The Bay Area really NEEDS the film industry coming back....Thank you Mr. Columbus...



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