Just got back from seeing Rent. I loved it. I don't think you have to have seen the musical to enjoy it. So go see it this holiday weekend.
If you aren't familiar with Rent, it's a Tony and Pulitzer award winning musical that almost never premiered on Broadway. It was written by Jonathan Larson in the mid 90s as a retelling of La Boheme focused on the AIDS crisis. He used many of his friends that he lost to AIDS as inspiration. He tragically died from an anuerysm the night before the first preview.
Luckily a foundation was quickly created and the show went on. It was the springboard for some very well known folks like Taye Diggs, his wife Indina Menzel (who was also in Wicked) and Jesse L Martin (way before even Ally McBeal).
Anyway the movie just opened today. It features 6 of 8 OBC (orignal Broadway cast members) and adds the amazing Tracey Thoms and Rosario Dawson.
I don't want to spoil if for anyone who's planning on seeing it but it's great. Take tissues. The tango scene is fantastic. La Vie Boheme rocks the house. I'm still swooning over Adam Pascal's incredibly long eyelashes. And Jesse L Martin's voice.
The opposite of war isn't peace...it's CREATION!
Is this the play about the life of prostitutes? Or am I thinking of something else? If it is the same one, it was fantastic. I love Broadway!
Posted by: wessel | Thursday, 24 November 2005 at 03:07
I love RENT too! I can't wait to see the movie. I'm glad you thought it was great!
Posted by: susie | Thursday, 24 November 2005 at 03:15
Wasn't it fantastic?? Oh how I loved it, even if a few key songs were missing. And Adam Pascal's eyelashes are criminally long. I think I need to see it a couple more times before Christmas.
Posted by: Paisley | Thursday, 24 November 2005 at 21:26
I have not seen the show but I absolutely adore La Boheme. I will have to wait for a while on this side of the pond!
Posted by: Pamplemousse | Saturday, 26 November 2005 at 15:03