Oso planning to go pro
Saw Les Mis when I was in in London. Surprisingly tickets weren’t that expensive.But man when that first note of “Look Down” hit, I got chills.
I, too, did theater in high school. Including the lead in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Good time. These days, whatever is coming to town that is relatively family friendly and fits into our schedule.
The Chicago performances of Hamilton have been cancelled due to the polar vortex. Once again, Brrrr kills Hamilton.
Did anybody watch "Rent Live" on Sunday night? Unfortunately, the actor who played Roger broke his ankle in the final dress rehearsal on Saturday night and couldn't perform. So, the show that was billed as live was actually a recording of the dress rehearsal, except for the last 10 minutes or so. They had no understudies. It was OK, but really kind of unfair to the cast (and audience, of course) because a dress rehearsal is never going to have the energy that they want. It's not the performance they wanted to have broadcast, I'm sure.I enjoy Rent and like the music, but it sure is dated/anchored in the late 90s.Also, I wish these live productions would focus less on casting "famous" singers and more on casting people who act and sing. Almost invariably the big name singers stick out like a sore thumb (John Legend, I'm looking at you). Being a good singer is a far different skill than performing in a show like this.
Yeah watched it, wasnt very impressed by Tinashe or Valetine, but other than that I thought the cast was solid. It was an unfortunate circumstance, would have rather they had gone live with a wheel chair Roger so it's still live and filled with energy.I wish I had been playing "what will the censors allow" drinking game. It's good to know you can say masturbation OTA but not dildos #knowledge
How many times have you seen this show?
4 times plus it's in heavy rotation on my spotify Broadway playlist
More specifically, you can say, "mucho masturbation" but apparently not, "mutual masturbation."Some of their changes were really strange. For example, "You want to produce films and write songs? You need somewhere to do it! It's what we used to dream about, think twice before you pooh-pooh it" became, "...you need somewhere to perfect it! It's what we used to dream about, think twice before you reject it."Really? In this show, "pooh-pooh" is where they drew the line?