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01-16-2008, 07:28 PM
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I heard that this morning on the radio. So sad! We even had "RENT" themed rush shirts one year.
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01-16-2008, 09:38 PM
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Saw the original cast in NY. What a great show. I'm sure it will still be touring.
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01-17-2008, 08:15 AM
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I'm happy about this. Why? Because that means nonequilty theatres could get rights before I'm too old to be in the show. 
[ahem] "Only thing to do is jump OVER the moon..."
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01-17-2008, 10:20 PM
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I love the music of Rent, but I think the book is dated now. It's almost a cliche. My mom and boyfriend went with me to see it last year and they didn't get its appeal at all. Living with AIDS today is way different than it was when this musical was written. For people who are seeing it for the first time now, the story is way overdramatic and unreal.
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01-18-2008, 06:59 AM
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I love the music of Rent, but I think the book is dated now. It's almost a cliche. My mom and boyfriend went with me to see it last year and they didn't get its appeal at all. Living with AIDS today is way different than it was when this musical was written. For people who are seeing it for the first time now, the story is way overdramatic and unreal.
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It's based on La Boheme - written in 1896 - I think it's got the right to be dated. 
As for it being overdramatic and unreal - it's a musical, and therefore saying that makes it redundant. 
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01-18-2008, 06:36 PM
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It's based on La Boheme - written in 1896 - I think it's got the right to be dated.
As for it being overdramatic and unreal - it's a musical, and therefore saying that makes it redundant. |
I think you know what I was getting at. 
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01-19-2008, 08:59 PM
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I think you know what I was getting at. |
I do, but look at West Side Story, which keeps having revivals and is still often playing in high school and community theatre as well.
Romeo and Juliet lives, as does La Boheme.
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