Rent: Live on Broadway
I finally saw the filmed Broadway performance of Rent. It was beautiful. I realise now why everyone says the stage musical is better than the film. The film seems ... plastic, now in comparison. I guess they had to get it past the censors - and I remember Chris Columbus saying that they worked really hard to get a PG rating for it - but it just isn't the same as the stage version.
Eden fucking Espinosa - I am so in love with that woman. Her Maureen is hilarious, and so fucking sexy.
And Renee Elise Goldsberry blew me away with the intensity of her performance. She was crying in three of her songs that I could see, and yet it didn't affect her singing at all. She's amazing. (the fact that she's insanely beautiful doesn't hurt).
Roger and Mark left me cold. But then they always do. They're two boring straight, white dudes who basically spend the play whining about how crap their lives are, while the rest of the diverse and multi-faceted cast get on with living their lives and finding happiness.
I still wish I could have seen the original cast perform it, back when they were all young and shiny and new. Anyone want to lend me a time machine for the weekend? But what I did get to see was pretty great.
Now I want to listen to the original cast recording again. Must track that down from somewhere ...
Eden fucking Espinosa - I am so in love with that woman. Her Maureen is hilarious, and so fucking sexy.
And Renee Elise Goldsberry blew me away with the intensity of her performance. She was crying in three of her songs that I could see, and yet it didn't affect her singing at all. She's amazing. (the fact that she's insanely beautiful doesn't hurt).
Roger and Mark left me cold. But then they always do. They're two boring straight, white dudes who basically spend the play whining about how crap their lives are, while the rest of the diverse and multi-faceted cast get on with living their lives and finding happiness.
I still wish I could have seen the original cast perform it, back when they were all young and shiny and new. Anyone want to lend me a time machine for the weekend? But what I did get to see was pretty great.
Now I want to listen to the original cast recording again. Must track that down from somewhere ...