Where does Mark go??? (RENT)

My sister and I have been trying to figure this out, sorry if it has come up before. We noticed it first because in the movie it is explained, but not the show. Right before "One Song Glory" in the show Mark leaves but doesn't say where he is going, in the libretto it says just that "Maureen called". In the movie he goes to look for Collins, but that line was added in. In the show he is not there for "One Song Glory" or "Light My Candle" but then is there for "Today 4 U" and "You'll See". After these two songs he goes to fix the equipment for "Tango Maureen" so where does he go before that?

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He does go see Maureen...he's on the phone with her in the song "Rent."

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I've always thought that he was on his way to the lot, but ran into Collins and Angel and went back up to the loft with them.

i always assumed he was on his way to the lot, but i noticed that the second time i saw it. but now id go with the idea that he runs into collins and angel on their way to the loft and just goes with them.

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Okay but where is he going? I would say he ran into Collins, but I always thought that he was already in the loft when Collins and Angel came in for "Today 4 U". Okay I guess there isn't really an answer, oh well it was worth asking lol.

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Well that is one of the things that the movie did make sense of I guess and that we will never really know as far as the show goes... oh well

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I don't think he could have run into Collins and Angel though. Someone mentioned that he wouldn't be impressed and surprised by Angel during Today 4 U if he had. He could have gone anywhere, I imagine he was on his way to the loft, and then turned around because he had Roger on his mind? It's just a flaw in the show I would think.

It really didn't seem to me like he met up with Maureen, it seemed like she told him to go over to the lot and help and he expected to see her there but met Joanne instead. I also doubt he ran into Angel and Collins, its possible but just doesn't seem to fit, even in the movie he says hes going to look for him, but doesnt find him obviously since Collins doesn't show up till the next morning. I think this was just something that never got fixed for obvious reasons, and that JL really just wanted Mark out of the loft so that Roger and Mimi could meet alone to make that first connection. If Mark had been there it would have been very different, so he needed to get off stage and he just forgot to explain where he was going. Maybe "Tango Maureen" should just have been moved to after "Light My Candle" and then "Today 4 U". Oh well, guess we will never know.

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Maybe he enjoys an ice cream sandwich, or perhaps a cookie.

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I'm sure it is just one of those unfixed things . . . we just thought we were having a blond moment. The only reason I was even curious was because when he leaves it sounds like he should be going to see Maureen "Maureen calls." But since he comes back for "Today 4 U" and "You'll See" and then sings "Tango: Maureen" we just thought that maybe there was an explanation for where he goes that we hadn't remembered.

Oh well . . . at least now we won't be driving ourselves crazy thinking it was something that we missed!

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Snooty . . . not on this site!

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Since neither of us know much of anything about La Boheme that answer will work for me! Although I have to say I was perfectly happy excepting the answer that there is no answer so maybe I am just easy to please! My problem with the whole thing was more that I thought I was having a brain fart and just couldn't remember where he went. Once I realized it wasn't explained I was over it. lol

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Actually in the movie they solved this question by saying he was going to look for Collins since he never showed up because he was mugged. But the movie then moves "Today 4 U" to the next day, so Mark must have come home after searching for a while that night.

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