frankiecat

It was really good... Well I've watched the documentary and the featurettes... Not the entire performance (yet)...

The documentary was really good... It was nice that they started with Rodney Hicks and Gwen Stewart (interesting to know that Rodney was 21 when Rent opened.... not that much older than me really)... Seeing all the backstage stuff was really interesting... And the production manager taking down all of the pictures on the walls. That and when they filmed there was no audience present... I actually believed that the applause and cheers were real... I know I am still slightly naive, but wow... Adam Kantor saying that he was in fifth grade when Rent opened made me feel really old... But then Will Chase is like 15 years older than him, so I didn't feel so bad :P It was funny when Eden Espinosa was teasing Adam saying that he wasn't old enough to know who Punky Brewster was.... That's who she reminds me of quite frankly, that and her saying that he hadn't cried that whole week (the documentary was filmed during the last week of the show). It was funny Rodney saying that Michael Grief was still giving them notes even on the second last Sunday... That and the original cast members and former cast members who were on camera... Jamie Lee Kircshner (I don't think I spelled that right) and Luther Creek (saying that he was a former Roger... ahem....), and the others. It was nice that they filmed the original cast members in the wing, just before the end of the show... Wilson Jermain Heredia was a little out of tune though... Kinda strange that Anthony Rapp wasn't standing with that group though... When they came on stage for the encore, he came from the opposite direction... I also didn't realize that Tracie Thoms ran right into Jesse L. Martin's arms right when the encore was finished...

Anyway.... It was very good.... I just need to watch the rest of the performance now... I didn't start watching the DVD till midnight though, so hopefully understandable :P Oh and the guy that ran the lotto crying was really sweet, when it hit him that it was the final one. Oh and then Adam finally did break down when they walked offstage... And they kept the music going over the footage of them starting to take down the set...

I wonder what the Nederlander looks like now? Have previews started for Guys and Dolls yet? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........

Anyway...

I just read that Adam Pascal is going to be at the Royal Variety Performance for a Lion King tribute... John Barrowman's going to be there too... John and Adam? Yes please!

Which makes me think (as I do every so often), what part could John play in Rent? Now to me it's between Mark and Roger. Right now I am leaning towards Roger, but it's still hard to imagine him playing an HIV postive ex-heroin addict... Why I'm leaning that way is that Will Chase played Roger in Rent, and played Chris in Miss Saigon... I know there's some faulty reasoning in there, but it's my theory :P

Ummmmmmmmmm......... What else? Business English and Proofreading is now over... Don't know what I got on the project, but I got 84 on the exam. I was steered in the wrong direction on a question and got the answer wrong.... I've already started Excel too... And I saw another course that I might be interested in today.

Went for an interview at a tube park... Which was interesting.

Watched General Hospital today... It's gotten SO lame. Elizabeth and Jason should just be together... And the way Laura left was SO stupid.

Now I'm listening to Oprah... Her home and Rob Lowe's didn't burn down... So relieved :P

Oh and apparently I don't know as many Best Picture Winners and classic Disney movies as I thought... I know more about movie villains? Weird?

And this song? It's so sad, but it's so beautiful... George needs to write more musicals...

ETA: And I totally forgot... Was poking around John's revamped website... Very nice, of course there were a few people who didn't like the colours (I'm surprised their comments got through).

ETA 2: Love the new trailer for the Doctor Who Christmas special - Allons-y!

I know I've seen Rent on stage 6 times, including once at the Nederlander, and the movie countless number of times... But what they filmed for the final show is truly amazing... I was in tears for almost the entire second act... I hardly cried anytime I saw it live... Just the angles, and that the cameras could get closer than a regular audience member, did so much for the emotion.

I wasn't entirely sure about Will Chase, but he grew on me... I thought he couldn't do angry Roger, but it really did build through the performance... I came away totally believing his Roger... I liked Renee and Tracie and Michael and everyone... They were all great... Not big on Adam Kantor though. He didn't hit the emotion hard enough for me.

It was definitely worth going... Towards the end I kept thinking, by now that entire set has been taken down.

The end was a huge ad for Adam and Anthony on tour next year too...

ETA: Oh and I don't know how I forgot... But seeing Gwen Stewart perform was the absolute highlight for me...

Oh and at the end one of the original NYTW cast members comes out as well, Mark Setlock (the original Angel, he was a swing at the beginning of the broadway run as well)

As far as I know John Barrowman only made one *official* recording of Sunset Boulevard, but I managed to download it about four times... What in the???

Now I'm looking for the audiobook of Anything Goes, and I can't find it... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..........

If there is anything I want for my birthday it's that and the rest of this performance:

I literally squeaked... He crowded one of the girls "personal space."

I think I am going to be squeaking for a while...



Raul Esparza didn't win either :o(



ETA: Sheila Hockin is producing the show and the production company is Temple Street. Gotta love those QAF connections.