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images from the set of RENT
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
re: images from the set of RENT#125
Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:10amAnd 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.
re: images from the set of RENT#126
Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:10amShe's getting a beauty thread...I've had it!
re: images from the set of RENT#127
Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:10amHow could I argue with you. Where would I find a copy of said play?
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
re: images from the set of RENT#128
Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:12amAny bookstore would have it. It's by Larry Kramer.
re: images from the set of RENT#129
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.
re: images from the set of RENT#130
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.
re: images from the set of RENT#131
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...
re: images from the set of RENT#132
Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:16amI 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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
re: images from the set of RENT#133
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.
re: images from the set of RENT#134
Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:18amYeah, 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.
re: images from the set of RENT#135
Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:19amI don't care for Adam's hair (for the movie), either.
re: images from the set of RENT#136
Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:19amIt was so profound at the end. When they all stood with their backs turned, looking at the Declaration of Independence...
re: images from the set of RENT#137
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...
re: images from the set of RENT#138
Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:22amwell, Adam doesn't care for your hair either!
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
re: images from the set of RENT#139
Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:23amGod, Justice, just thinking about that moment gives me shivers.
re: images from the set of RENT#140
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.
re: images from the set of RENT#141
Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:25amAdam's hair is like a unicorn jumping over a rainbow.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
re: images from the set of RENT#142
Posted: 3/12/05 at 1:27amWhat 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.
re: images from the set of RENT#143
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. 
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/03
re: images from the set of RENT#144
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
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re: images from the set of RENT#147
Posted: 3/12/05 at 4:57pmNormal 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.
re: images from the set of RENT#148
Posted: 3/12/05 at 5:24pmI wanna see! I wanna see! Can someone PM me?
re: images from the set of RENT#149
Posted: 3/12/05 at 5:26pmI've got a few - PM me your email addresses - they're from when etheb and I were on set on Thursday.
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