Theatre evangelism...
My sleep is messed, I'm literally being kept awake by how excited I am to go home and see people that matter. (not that if I don't you don't). So It's 3 am, and I'mna write an entry about how much I like RENT. COMMENCE RENT RANT!
RENT is my favourite show.
It should be, it's garnered acclaim ever so
If you get the chance you really should go
It will leave you dew eyed and with an odd glow
Which you should go out into the world and bestow
Upon those who aren't in the know!
I grew up with it. That is to say, I grew into the things I hold most dear with it. I can say no other work has changed me as much as a person. The fantastic good fortune I had to cross paths with the people who have influenced me and exposed me to dimensions of life that I didn't know existed through art. I'm talking (in part) about the (now) super seniors, rides with Elconin and Elisha (well pretty much everybody) and going from observer of these weirdos that sing to a wannabe and well, some would say I still am one :) I have so many memories, some of which are among the most intense of my life, with so many different people, that have to do with this play. Gah... it's just so good! Listening to the soundtrack that my mom got me whole way through on Christmas eve, one of the first single-parent-pretend-Christmases, Seeing the show on my 16th birthday with people (Diana...) after cutting Anything Goes rehearsal to wait in line for 3 hours with Elise, how it became common ground. The shared sense of (condecending) indignation as seniors, of freshman skipping around singing it, like it was some sort of common ditty to by hummed when bored. Understand this show and you will understand me better, or at least understand what is at the core of me under many many layers of life that get in the way of love.
I get to go to the beach in 2 days!