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#126

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:10am

And while reading it was amazing, I will never, ever forget seeing the play. I sat through it twice, because I could barely pay attention the first time, I was such a mess.

JOHN LITHGOW I just realized, your last name is Butz! Both "Norbert" AND "Butz" are in your name! You must have gotten picked on a lot as a child!

#127

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:10am

She's getting a beauty thread...I've had it!

#128

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:10am

How could I argue with you. Where would I find a copy of said play?

#129

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:12am

Any bookstore would have it. It's by Larry Kramer.

JOHN LITHGOW I just realized, your last name is Butz! Both "Norbert" AND "Butz" are in your name! You must have gotten picked on a lot as a child!

#130

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:12am

At your local Barnes and Noble or library.

I have to admit, the play is great, but you don't get the real emotion until you see it performed...or live it - One or the other.

"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive. "Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot." "No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one." Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.

#131

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:13am

look on amazon... I think that's where I got mine.

I bought my copy after I saw the play, and I lost count of how many times I've read it. My binding is going to break. People on these boards weren't sure what to do with me when it closed. I stopped sleeping for about three days, and just read it over and over again. I'd fall asleep reading it at four, five in the morning for DAYS after they closed. I still have no idea why.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#132

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:14am

Like when Les Mis closed....

And tomorrow, for DRS, will be my first time back in the Imperial since Les Mis...

I mourn the "plaque" on the ground in front of the Imperial...

I didn't sleep the night I found out the show was closing...

#133

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:16am

I was actually lucky. I decided to see it on the spur of the moment, only to find out when I got to the theatre that the cast had just been told this will be thier last performance, as the show was unexpectedly closing.

#134

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:17am

Justice, yeah, I'd like to not have to live that anymore.

Bs- you'll have a great time at DRS. I first saw Les Mis when I was 12, so I have fond memories of the show, as well.

JOHN LITHGOW I just realized, your last name is Butz! Both "Norbert" AND "Butz" are in your name! You must have gotten picked on a lot as a child!

#135

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:18am

Yeah, but BSo, you had time to process it. I turned my computer on and found out that that night was going to be the last performance. That shouldn't have happened. Those actors at least deserved the chance to have a proper goodbye with those roles, among many, many other things. I called my best friend, who didn't have a computer, and then just sort of sat on my couch staring at the walls. That wasn't fair, at ALL.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#136

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:19am

I don't care for Adam's hair (for the movie), either.

#137

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:19am

It was so profound at the end. When they all stood with their backs turned, looking at the Declaration of Independence...

#138

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:21am

Yeah, I guess....

But then I had tickets the weekend before it closed and that was when the musicians (and then the actors) went on strike...but they moved the last show back and I got tickets the weekend before it closed...

I wish they didn't close off the last performance...

#139

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:22am

well, Adam doesn't care for your hair either!

#140

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:23am

God, Justice, just thinking about that moment gives me shivers.

JOHN LITHGOW I just realized, your last name is Butz! Both "Norbert" AND "Butz" are in your name! You must have gotten picked on a lot as a child!

#141

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:24am

Adam's hair is heaven.

*waves fangirl flag*
I have the ruling word.

re: The Normal Heart - I'll never forget Raul screaming his lungs out at the end. I... no, I'm not going to bother trying to articulate it. You saw.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#142

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:25am

Adam's hair is like a unicorn jumping over a rainbow.

#143

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:27am

What was even more devastating to me than the last scene was the scene re: the death of Bruce's partner. I couldn't even begin to comprehend what I'd seen until days after.

JOHN LITHGOW I just realized, your last name is Butz! Both "Norbert" AND "Butz" are in your name! You must have gotten picked on a lot as a child!

#144

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 2:58am

That monologue? I usually have to skip the majority of it when I read the play. I get a few lines through, then can't get any farther.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#145

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 11:34am

But bawling? I don't get it. It's different when a performer moves you to tears - that has happened when I have seen close friends perform - but isn't "Bawling" an exagerration?

I can't speak for anyone but me and (I'm not close enough to visit the set), but I can understand the emotion. I've followed the success of RENT since Jonathan's death was in the press (9 years ago now.) It took me quite a few months to finally get to see it, but seeing the original cast back then was something really special. Then to watch the many, many companies pop up all over the world? It was amazing to see the show's success explode like that. Then, we had the rumor of a movie version lurking around for years now - so it's wonderful to see it *finally* happening. For me, the emotion wouldn't be as much about the actual performers (although that does make it incredibly meaningful to me) as it is the emotion of Jonathan's work being transformed into a motion picture. Being near the set makes it become so real (I feel that from just seeing photos) so of course there will be some emotion involved in that. Had I been standing there on the set? Yeah, I probably would have been moved to tears.

Updated On: 3/12/05 at 11:34 AM

#146

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 2:40pm

but I'll put them back up

#147

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 2:46pm

but I'll repost them!!!!

#148

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 4:57pm

Normal Heart...I bawled. That play was terrifying. I think my dad was the only one in the theatre dry-eyed. Even the ushers were crying at the end.

"I really liked the show--Wish I saw Boy's Night...Am I allowed as I am not a boy anymore:)"-duffyny1

#149

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 5:24pm

I wanna see! I wanna see! Can someone PM me?

"If we don't wake up and shake the nation, we'll eat the dust of the world, wondering why...why?"

#150

re: images from the set of RENT

Posted: 3/12/05 at 5:26pm

I've got a few - PM me your email addresses - they're from when etheb and I were on set on Thursday.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

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