Unknown2005-08-30 04:44:05
It has come to my attention some of you are unaware of one, possibly two facts. This disturbs me greatly.
A few years ago, a man named Johnathon Larson produced a broadway musical - it was an adaptation of an opera call La Boheme, the setting was New York City's East Village. The play is, of course, entirely of song - it is a tale of several artists trying to survive. One, dieing of AIDS, wants to write one great song before he goes. The piece carries a heavily prophetic feel - it opens with one of the characters, Mark, saying, "How do you document real life, when real life's getting more like fiction each day?"
The Broadway piece was supposed to go into previews January 25th, 1996, at New York Theatre Workshop. The night before, the final dress rehearsal was held. It recieved a standing ovation. Johnation Larson then went home, and put a pot of water on the stove to boil, for tea. He died from an aortic aneurysm on the floor there.
RENT opened two weeks later. It's become quite popular, and won quite a few awards, Larson was posthumously granted the Pulitzer.
Larson was a wonderful man, a beautiful song writer, and he truely finished his one great song before he left this world - it brings even someone as heartless as I am to know he did not have the chance to see his life's work blossom.
The movie is being shown November 21st in New York and Los Angeles, and November 23rd elsewhere. It features much (sadly, not all) of the original cast. I urge all of you to see it. While the play itself has a heavily comedic tune to it, it, like life, can be laughed at, laughed with, cried with, and cried over. Much of the music is awe-inspiring in it's nature, in the way it all flows together, in the content and the ideas. The characters are wonderful in their own way, each is my favourite. I do not believe there is a person alive that couldn't relate with one of those characters in some way - I, personally, relate with both Angel and Mimi on many levels.
So, in conclusion, I want all of you to go see the movie. It's no substitute for the original broadway, but not all of us can afford to fly to New York and see it.
Go. Watch it. Love it. See it with an open mind, or don't see it at all.
(And my favourite song is SO Seasons of Love!)
A few years ago, a man named Johnathon Larson produced a broadway musical - it was an adaptation of an opera call La Boheme, the setting was New York City's East Village. The play is, of course, entirely of song - it is a tale of several artists trying to survive. One, dieing of AIDS, wants to write one great song before he goes. The piece carries a heavily prophetic feel - it opens with one of the characters, Mark, saying, "How do you document real life, when real life's getting more like fiction each day?"
The Broadway piece was supposed to go into previews January 25th, 1996, at New York Theatre Workshop. The night before, the final dress rehearsal was held. It recieved a standing ovation. Johnation Larson then went home, and put a pot of water on the stove to boil, for tea. He died from an aortic aneurysm on the floor there.
RENT opened two weeks later. It's become quite popular, and won quite a few awards, Larson was posthumously granted the Pulitzer.
Larson was a wonderful man, a beautiful song writer, and he truely finished his one great song before he left this world - it brings even someone as heartless as I am to know he did not have the chance to see his life's work blossom.
The movie is being shown November 21st in New York and Los Angeles, and November 23rd elsewhere. It features much (sadly, not all) of the original cast. I urge all of you to see it. While the play itself has a heavily comedic tune to it, it, like life, can be laughed at, laughed with, cried with, and cried over. Much of the music is awe-inspiring in it's nature, in the way it all flows together, in the content and the ideas. The characters are wonderful in their own way, each is my favourite. I do not believe there is a person alive that couldn't relate with one of those characters in some way - I, personally, relate with both Angel and Mimi on many levels.
So, in conclusion, I want all of you to go see the movie. It's no substitute for the original broadway, but not all of us can afford to fly to New York and see it.
Go. Watch it. Love it. See it with an open mind, or don't see it at all.
(And my favourite song is SO Seasons of Love!)
Unknown2005-08-30 04:50:26
I hope it comes out in Aus. I know just the person to take out on a date to see it.
Narsrim2005-08-30 04:58:28
Question #1: Who said what to make your write this?
Unknown2005-08-30 06:13:17
AIDS! AIDES! AIDES WE ALL HAVE AIDES!
Anyone else have that come to their head?
Anyone else have that come to their head?
Unknown2005-08-30 15:39:26
QUOTE(Dyr @ Aug 30 2005, 01:13 AM)
AIDS! AIDES! AIDES WE ALL HAVE AIDES!
Anyone else have that come to their head?
Anyone else have that come to their head?
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I'LL KILL YOU!!! >:OOO
Actually, I just thought that movie was stupid.
Unknown2005-08-30 15:40:44
QUOTE(Narsrim @ Aug 29 2005, 11:58 PM)
Question #1: Who said what to make your write this?
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Someone on Panda.
They shall remain nameless, because I spent a good half-hour ranting about it at them over AIM. None of you can claim ignorance, now. Grr. Death to those whom don't know of the Almighty RENT. Unknown2005-08-30 20:49:34
The only reason I didn't like TA:WP is because of the mockery of rent. It's possibly the greatest play I've ever seen, next to Broadway's The Lion King. One Song Glory is -my- favourite.
Unknown2005-08-31 01:25:05
QUOTE(Dooksta @ Aug 30 2005, 03:49 PM)
The only reason I didn't like TA:WP is because of the mockery of rent. It's possibly the greatest play I've ever seen, next to Broadway's The Lion King. One Song Glory is -my- favourite.
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See, yea. I didn't like the movie, and probably because it opened with that bit very early on.
So, since this thread was mainly an informative (but angst-driven) rant..
For those of you that know it - what's your favourite piece?
