So my
sister and I went to see
Rent again on 25 August 2007. The line of people waiting to get in the theatre snaked around two blocks, something we have never seen since we started watching the show. The excitement in the air was palpable. It wasn't a sold-out show but the energy level was so high it might as well have been. Adam Pascal was the first one to go onstage and Anthony Rapp with the rest of the cast followed. That was the longest and loudest entrance applause I have ever witnessed. Rent audiences tend to be a rowdy bunch anyway, but each number was greeted with thunderous applause and much hooting and hollering. Kudos to the music director/conductor for keeping the show moving with so much cheering going on. A sidenote: A woman in front of us kept singing along with the show and the woman in front of HER kept shushing her. Throwdown at the Nederlander! Anyway, it was a surreal experience actually watching and listening to Messieurs Rapp and Pascal. They were both hilarious as well, seeming very comfortable settling back into the roles they originated. Tamyra Gray was fierce, a huge improvement from the Mimi that we saw last year, who was a sobbing incoherent mess. Ms. Gray did a lot of riffs, rivaling Shoshana Bean. Justin Johnston as Angel is a scene-stealer. Nicolette Hart as Maureen is a spaz but very funny. Her mooning scene was the longest I've ever seen. She even stepped down off the chair, pants pulled down and bumped against Benny. The show is as funny, moving and heartbreaking as ever. It was a treat and probably one of the best theatre experiences I have ever had.
What other theatre will allow fans to write on their exterior walls? Brava Nederlander!
My thoughts exactly.
Curtain call
Shout out to Mr. Jonathan Larson. Go and listen to that boy's songs.
Anthony was the only member of the cast to meet and greet the fans. He was so gracious, not going back inside until he signed everything.
The madness at the stagedoor.
So my sister and I went to see Rent again on 25 August 2007. The line of people waiting to get in the theatre snaked around two blocks, something we have never seen since we started watching the show. The excitement in the air was palpable. It wasn't a sold-out show but the energy level was so high it might as well have been. Adam Pascal was the first one to go onstage and Anthony Rapp with the rest of the cast followed. That was the longest and loudest entrance applause I have ever witnessed. Rent audiences tend to be a rowdy bunch anyway, but each number was greeted with thunderous applause and much hooting and hollering. Kudos to the music director/conductor for keeping the show moving with so much cheering going on. A sidenote: A woman in front of us kept singing along with the show and the woman in front of HER kept shushing her. Throwdown at the Nederlander! Anyway, it was a surreal experience actually watching and listening to Messieurs Rapp and Pascal. They were both hilarious as well, seeming very comfortable settling back into the roles they originated. Tamyra Gray was fierce, a huge improvement from the Mimi that we saw last year, who was a sobbing incoherent mess. Ms. Gray did a lot of riffs, rivaling Shoshana Bean. Justin Johnston as Angel is a scene-stealer. Nicolette Hart as Maureen is a spaz but very funny. Her mooning scene was the longest I've ever seen. She even stepped down off the chair, pants pulled down and bumped against Benny. The show is as funny, moving and heartbreaking as ever. It was a treat and probably one of the best theatre experiences I have ever had. 
What other theatre will allow fans to write on their exterior walls? Brava Nederlander!
My thoughts exactly.
Curtain call
Shout out to Mr. Jonathan Larson. Go and listen to that boy's songs.
Anthony was the only member of the cast to meet and greet the fans. He was so gracious, not going back inside until he signed everything.
The madness at the stagedoor.
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