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TICK TICK BOOM
FinnFanatic
Stand-by Joined: 6/21/04
#25re: TICK TICK BOOM
Posted: 8/4/04 at 12:28pm
"I'm a tad bit confused..on the OBCR Amy Spanger sings "Come to Your Senses" but it says that the character Karessa Johnson sings it.. I'm totally confused.. can someone enlighten me?"
Elphie-
The actor and actress who play Michael and Susan also play several other characters (Michael's boss, patrons at the restaurant, Jon's parents, and many other various characters). The actress playing Susan doubles as Karessa for "Come To Your Senses". Karessa is one of the actresses in Jon's show, "Superbia". "Come To Your Senses" is actually performed in a "show within a show". It is performed at the workshop for Jon's musical. Hope that helped a bit:)
Updated On: 8/4/04 at 12:28 PM
#26re: TICK TICK BOOM
Posted: 8/4/04 at 1:27pmTTB has some of the most accessible music that I have heard in a musical. I think that Jon was great at that. The music of both RENT and TTB is written in a modern style. It doesn't alienate young audiences. Jon's work was my introduction to theatre. I wish he was still alive.
#27re: TICK TICK BOOM
Posted: 8/4/04 at 1:31pmTTB was one of the few musicals that my parents loved as much as I did. The music was fantastic and Raul(as always) and then Joey McIntyre were both brilliant! :)
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Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt. Still a little hard to say what's going on..." Damien Rice
FinnFanatic
Stand-by Joined: 6/21/04
#28re: TICK TICK BOOM
Posted: 8/4/04 at 1:34pmI agree with both of the previous posts. I used to love RENT, but when TICK TICK BOOM came along I fell even more in love with it. It has some similarities to RENT in the sound of the music, but the overall show has a completely different feel to it. It is much more accessible to me than RENT. It seems like more people can relate to the characters in TICK TICK BOOM, at least from my point of view. It is more real.
#29re: TICK TICK BOOM
Posted: 8/4/04 at 1:47pmI love the theme of wasted time in the show. When I heard 30/90, I completely understood what he meant. Well, not completely. I am, after all, only 18. I have felt those emotions before. It was comforting to me to know that I'm not the only one who feels that way. I'm sorry to get all Chicken Soup on you guys. I really didn't intend this post to come out that way.
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#30re: TICK TICK BOOM
Posted: 8/4/04 at 3:14pmIn the booklet that comes with the CD, Jonathan Larson's dad wrote a little blurb that contains a synopsis
#31re: TICK TICK BOOM
Posted: 8/4/04 at 4:27pmI took TTB with me to the doctor's office yesterday and I got all the way to Boho Days without crying. I realize that it was his time to go, but we had the next great musical writer of the century RIGHT there! I just couldn't take it.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
Updated On: 8/4/04 at 04:27 PM
#32re: TICK TICK BOOM
Posted: 8/4/04 at 5:57pm
I only recently discovered TICK TICK BOOM and I love it. The music is stunning, I daresay even better than Rent - and the story is more appealing too (Rent is a little out there, while Tick Tick Boom seems more honest). And, of course, you gotta love Raul's voice. 
Too bad rights for the show aren't more readily available; it seems like a musical that would be perfect for university and college drama troupes.
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insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#33re: TICK TICK BOOM
Posted: 8/4/04 at 8:23pm
I agree with all of you. While I love Rent, TTB is more accessible because it taps into emotions, not circumstance.
In Rent's defense: I have heard (not necessarily on this board or thread)people complain about Rent being stuck up and pretentious because the characters do a good deal of whining about their lives. I know this is true, but it's part of the show's storyline, and Rent is trying to be true to life, and artist can be that way sometimes. I would also like to point out that the characters do realize that they're being whiny and that their lives are their own fault (Mark and Roger's fight in Goodbye, Love, What You Own, ect.)
#34re: TICK TICK BOOM
Posted: 8/4/04 at 8:57pmI also think (and I don't know if this is a defense or a criticism of Rent, which I love) that Rent deals with attitudes and themes that were typical of the late 1990s, with the approaching turn of the millenium (rage against the future and the need to define the present, the self and one's relationship to the community and the universe, and the need to take a stand for today, etc), but they have fallen to the wayside a bit today. Of course, many of the anxieties mentioned still persist, but we're living in a much more cynical and desperate time (the millennium has passed, we haven't exactly found world peace), so a lot of the optimism and idealism of Rent feel a bit dated now, and so do the uncompromising, self-involved nature of some of the characters. Ironically, the older and less-developed Tick Tick Boom feels less dated because it deals with the universal experience of regret and growing old.
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
Updated On: 8/4/04 at 08:57 PM
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#35re: TICK TICK BOOM
Posted: 8/4/04 at 9:18pmExactly, BlueWizard. Rent is about the circumstances of the time, TTB is driven by feelings that happen to most people at that age. That said, I still love Rent's music, themes and message. It is a period piece now, and that's ok.
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