I just got back from seeing Rent, and, wow, what a great show. I had a little scare earlier this week and i almost didn't get to go. You see, i purchased two sets of tickets the day they first went on sale to the general public, one for me and one for my sister for her birthday gift. Mine were for Saturday and my sister's were for the second show on Friday. Then, on Sunday, my mom tells me that there's a story in the paper that says they cancelled the second Friday show. I called my sister and the only other day she could make it was Saturday. I gave her my tickets (after all they were her birthday gift) and I called the Broadway Theatre Guild the next day to see if i could exchange the Friday tickets. Luckily they got me tickets to tonight's performance. Fearing i was going to get stuck with crappy seats, i was pleasantly surprised to find that we were sitting dead center just a few rows from the stage.
My jaw hurts right now. I had to keep clenching it to prevent myself from singing along. You can listen to the soundtrack hundreds of times (like i have) but it's hard to completely "get" the show unless you see it. The set is minimal, but brought to life by some incredibly cool lighting. The way characters physically interact with each other and embody music adds so much emotion to the story. I got a bit teared up in the reprise of "I'll cover you."
I see that next season they're bringing back Les Miserables. I've gotta see that again too.
Posted by Matthew at April 22, 2004 11:08 PMHad a close call on the teary-eyed thing myself. The girl next to me was weeping so loudly during "I'll cover you" that it distracted me from my own clenched jaw.
Great show.
Posted by: Jack at April 25, 2004 09:48 AMOh, no wonder I couldn't find you saturday! bummer. I thought the show was fabulous. I'm so glad I finally saw it.
Posted by: Rachel at April 25, 2004 09:16 PM