oh my (RENT in London)- Page 2

[DefyingEDCT]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 10:03pm

didnt you hear
idina menzel is supposed to be maureen again.

[AnnaK<3LMIP]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 10:07pm

NO! SHE NO BRITISH!

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 10:29pm

oh my, yeah I'm straight and I would do any of them, they are hot!lol



makes me miss London...Americans are ugly.

[BreakingTheCircle07]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 10:31pm

Hot hot hot.

[tourboi]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 10:32pm

Does anyone else think that the clothes they're wearing look too expensive to be warn by poor NYC starving artist bohemians?

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 10:39pm

i don't think this phot-shoot was supposed to reflect costume designs nor the characters necessarily...just the actors having fun and trying to sell the show.

[Amneris]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 10:40pm

this looks like an ad for Project Runway... They could be pretty and all but, if this "new" production is as bad as the last time it was in London, good luck to them.

[another_reprise]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 10:41pm

I am really looking forward to this. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intrigued by this new "direction." My fingers are crossed that they don't f*ck it up.

[misschung]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 10:51pm

I'm interested in seeing this production, even though I obviously won't. The group shots on the right made me think of the song "Step Up" though - I'm not sure why.

ETA - does anyone know when this new production is supposed to be set? As in the time period? If it's supposed to be in the present, won't that really change the entire setup of the show? I guess these questions can't be answered yet until more information is released, but I'm still curious.

Updated On: 8/21/07 at 10:51 PM

[MovieGuy1031]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:24am

It was just a rumor about Idina, after she left London's 'Wicked', that she was going to do a "revamped Rent" in London, waaaaay before this production was officially announced. Then, when this production WAS officially announced without a Maureen, well, things got fueled and obviously we were gonna think that.

But you'd think there would have been SOMETHING about it SOMEWHERE...

If she IS Maureen - damn - those Brits sure can keep a secret better than any of us!

[AnnaK<3LMIP]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:28am

..That they can. Known fact. Love those Brits.

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:06am

I am interested in this i wish they would do a cast recording

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:14am

I'm interested as well. I would love to hear the new orchestrations. Or remixes. Or whatever they are. Making it a pop opera instead? Leave it to the Brits. If anything, I would think someone would want to rock it up, make it grungier and dirtier or something. Who knows what this will be though. I'm certainly curious.

~Steven

[MovieGuy1031]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:39am

I agree with the need for a cast recording. I've had it up to HERE *raises hand to eye level!* with the American version of RENT...

I'm all for a revamping if it turns out to be for the better... and I do think its possible that it could be reworked into a new and, as I said, better piece of theatre!

[Parks]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:18am

HIS COLLAR IS POPPED!

Does anyone else find that slightly humorous?

[AnnaK<3LMIP]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:21am

...and by the looks of it the popped shirt in question is that of American Eagle. Very RENT of him. So Bohemian.

But he is pretty..

[Craww]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 3:09am

I keep switching between wanting to find it awesome, and finding it legitimately kind of nauseating.

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 4:16am

Oli Rhoe is HOT! Maybe he can bring a whole other side (meaing the gay side) of Mark out... the hot gay nerd... SEXY!
And Luke Evans... HOT!
White Mimi? why not?
White Joanne? Why not?
Both of them are hot

Is it just me but the promo shots did just abit too much??

[mrkringas]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 4:24am

Oli Thornton is hot hot hot! Okay not a geeky looking Mark but will do for me.

And yeah Luke Evans has got def sex appeal although I always felt he was a bit too chavy looking and these pics hype up that side to it!

As for multiculturalism...well casting works both ways I guess. London is a very diverse place but I guess following the sacred rules of casting was not of the directors mind.

Marketing needs to be bold. It needs to sell and preferably sell the show with sex appeal. If they play up the directors Kylie connections this could get a whole new trashy tabloid/magazine coverage for the show that most musicals dont get.

[MaxVonMayerling2]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 9:27am

Oliver Thornton is drop dead gorgeous!

[misschung]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 9:37am

lol to the popped collar. As I said, I want to know how they are going to make this work. Are they taking out the whole "freezing cold artists in the loft" premise, or the AIDS thing, or what?

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 11:33am

It is been set today so the references to HIV medications etc have been updated, its also pretty much still taking place in America but they are just not saying that as all the cast are talking in there native accents.

[MotorTink]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 11:35am

They posted a myspace bulletin:

Dear all,

Just to put everyones mind at ease... there WILL be a Maureen. The part is still being cast.

As soon as the role is confirmed.. We will announce it on this site.

TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS

MAUREEN IS STILL IN RENT

[MovieGuy1031]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 11:46am

I bet they're just waiting for Idina to sign the contraaaaaaacts!

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:22pm

Idina didnt like London!