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rebelprince26

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Mar 14, 2008 11:11

I just found out that my high school is doing Rent for their spring musical.

Aurora isn't really that liberal of a town. I think I want to fly home and see how this pans out.

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qraig March 14 2008, 16:28:36 UTC

It's not like you are from the backwoods of Kentucky. Aurora is a suburb of Chicago, is it not? I'm sure it's more forward thinking than many other places in the USA.

rebelprince26 March 14 2008, 16:34:32 UTC

it's a suburb of chicago, but strangely a very conservative one. a planned parenthood opened there about six months ago and you'd have thought it was the apocalypse. when i went home last october there were signs EVERYWHERE in people's yards that said "PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS BAD FOR AURORA."

qraig March 14 2008, 16:42:49 UTC

I just read it is the FIRST high school production ever of Rent. Also read, "A high school version was developed and we were the first high school to apply for the license,” said teacher Kerry Proczko, the musical business director.

Makes me think a lot of stuff was probably removed to make it high school friendly.

rebelprince26 March 14 2008, 16:52:11 UTC

where did you read that? that's what my mom said, but then i found a bunch of articles saying that other high schools were the first to perform it.

qraig March 14 2008, 17:07:12 UTC

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/826638,AU05_RENT_WEB.article

qraig March 14 2008, 17:08:21 UTC

I just saw this on Wikipedia...

In Spring 2008, West Aurora will be the fifth High School in the Nation to perform RENT.

rebelprince26 March 14 2008, 17:14:54 UTC

yeah, the beacon news is not known for being so accurate. :)

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