Rent 2015

South Florida Profile Photo
South Florida
#1Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 9:53am

Is this only a rumor why hasn't someone posted yet?


Stephanatic

g.d.e.l.g.i. Profile Photo
g.d.e.l.g.i.
#2Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 9:55am

Sounds like small potatoes to me. Not really worth reporting on. Some company in Long Island is doing a 20th anniversary production in the NY area. Big deal.


Formerly gvendo2005
Broadway Legend
joined: 5/1/05

Blocked: After Eight, suestorm, david_fick, emlodik, lovebwy, Dave28282, joevitus

fb1123
g.d.e.l.g.i. Profile Photo
g.d.e.l.g.i.
#4Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 10:00am

Again: a company that happens to operate in the NY area is producing the show. What are we getting excited about exactly?


Formerly gvendo2005
Broadway Legend
joined: 5/1/05

Blocked: After Eight, suestorm, david_fick, emlodik, lovebwy, Dave28282, joevitus

CarlosAlberto Profile Photo
CarlosAlberto
#5Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 10:03am

g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "Again: a company that happens to operate in the NY area is producing the show. What are we getting excited about exactly?

 

Why are you attributing your feelings to every one else on this board?

 

There may very well be some on this board who are looking forward to this upcoming production.

 

 

"

 

Updated On: 8/25/15 at 10:03 AM

LizzieCurry Profile Photo
LizzieCurry
#6Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 10:23am

Wasn't there going to be a new tour?


"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

dramamama611 Profile Photo
dramamama611
#7Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 10:33am

The article IS misleading as it certainly sounds like a professional production... not community theater. (No matter how good they might be.)


If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

Broadwaystar2
#8Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 10:37am

It is a community theater. A good one. But community none the less.

WickedLittleRentHead Profile Photo
WickedLittleRentHead
#9Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 11:04am

I really just need RENT to come back in any form.

ggersten Profile Photo
ggersten
#10Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 11:41am

In any form?  How about in a circus? Or where the actors play their own instruments? Or with the sets replaced by projections?  And I suppose Rent could be improved with a good tap number.

CarlosAlberto Profile Photo
CarlosAlberto
#11Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 11:47am

ggersten said: "In any form?  How about in a circus? Or where the actors play their own instruments? Or with the sets replaced by projections?  And I suppose Rent could be improved with a good tap number.


 


I want the damn thing turned into a Pixar animated movie! :)


 


"


 

Mister Matt Profile Photo
Mister Matt
#12Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 11:52am

It has to be immersive, improvised and under-rehearsed so it can be a live performance so theatre won't die!  The audience has to see the needle go into Mimi's arm and it would help if the hypodermic were loaded with something different every performance without notifying the actress so it can be so real, the audience can experience the level of unexpected danger that is the only true definition of "theatre".  Oh, and Angel should literally die every night.  Literally.  Otherwise, it's not theatre.  It just Netflix.


"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

CarlosAlberto Profile Photo
CarlosAlberto
#13Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 11:55am

Mister Matt said: "It has to be immersive, improvised and under-rehearsed so it can be a live performance so theatre won't die!  The audience has to see the needle go into Mimi's arm and it would help if the hypodermic were loaded with something different every performance without notifying the actress so it can be so real, the audience can experience the level of unexpected danger that is the only true definition of "theatre".  Oh, and Angel should literally die every night.  Literally.  Otherwise, it's not theatre.  It just Netflix.

 

I wholeheartedly agree with this concept. It needs to go all the way and really push the envelope. It needs to go all up in the audience's face and scare the living bejeezuz out of them. The message should be: THIS COULD BE YOU!!

 

 

It needs TO GO THERE!!

 

 

or else what the hell is the point?

 

"

 

Updated On: 8/25/15 at 11:55 AM

dramamama611 Profile Photo
dramamama611
#14Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 1:27pm

I don't know about the NY City area, but it can't be that hard to find a production somewhere near you...at least once a year, anyway.


If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

JBroadway Profile Photo
JBroadway
#15Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 1:42pm

It really bugs me how these Broadway news sites post these articles that they KNOW are misleading. Like when there was going to be a small production of Merrily We Roll Along Along in Queens, and they felt they needed to write an article about how it was returning to New York.

 

I even had some friends of mine (who love Broadway but don't follow the news as closely as I do) say to me "I'm so excited that there's finally going to be a revival of Merrily We Roll Along!" 

Mister Matt Profile Photo
Mister Matt
#16Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 2:19pm

It's really not misleading to anyone who actually reads an article or a headline.  If someone reads "return to NY" and stops there, deciding to interpret it as "Broadway revival", that's their own stupid fault.  And why on earth would anyone on this board be bitching that there was an article on a theatre production, small potatoes or otherwise?  A small theatre company has an article written about their production.  GOOD!  YAY!  If you feel misled because you didn't want to bother reading past the headline and making assumptions...oh, well.  If you don't think it's worthy of an article, then run your own website and only publish articles you deem worthy of excitement.  

 

I guess we need another new musical to open soon so people won't have to dig so deep to find something to bitch and moan about.

 

Meanwhile, if Contact does not explicitly reenact its lyrics, they should not produce the show at all.  That's not theatre.  That's just Netflix.  Cuz Netflix is the only example of the laziness and banality of North American dead theatre productions and audiences.  Netflix.


"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

CarlosAlberto Profile Photo
CarlosAlberto
#17Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 2:22pm

Mister Matt said: "It's really not misleading to anyone who actually reads an article or a headline.  If someone reads "return to NY" and stops there, deciding to interpret it as "Broadway revival", that's their own stupid fault.  And why on earth would anyone on this board be bitching that there was an article on a theatre production, small potatoes or otherwise?  A small theatre company has an article written about their production.  GOOD!  YAY!  If you feel misled because you didn't want to bother reading past the headline and making assumptions...oh, well.  If you don't think it's worthy of an article, then run your own website and only publish articles you deem worthy of excitement.  

 

 

 

I guess we need another new musical to open soon so people won't have to dig so deep to find something to bitch and moan about.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, if Contact does not explicitly reenact its lyrics, they should not produce the show at all.  That's not theatre.  That's just Netflix.  Cuz Netflix is the only example of the laziness and banality of North American dead theatre productions and audiences.  Netflix.

 

^^ THIS x 1,000

 

"

 

JBroadway Profile Photo
JBroadway
#18Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 2:29pm

"And why on earth would anyone on this board be bitching that there was an article on a theatre production, small potatoes or otherwise?"

 

Ok, you make a good point there, I admit it. Certainly it's good for those small theatre companies to get exposure. And yes, everybody who sees the article shouldn't just assume it's a Broadway revival because it says "New York."

 

But to me, talking it up as a big "return to New York" does create a misleading impression. Especially when you consider that inevitably, people will skim the headline, as people frequently do, and be mislead (though you're right, that does make the reader mostly responsible for the error). I know that it technically is a "return to New York," but is that really worthy of news? 

 

I'm not really that upset about it, though. It just kinda bugs me. We can agree to disagree. 

hork Profile Photo
hork
#19Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 2:30pm

Who or what are you satirizing, Matt?

haterobics Profile Photo
haterobics
#20Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 2:44pm

hork said: "Who or what are you satirizing, Matt?"

 

Matt's satire strategy:

 

 

Lilly7
#21Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 2:51pm

Serious question: how long do you think it will be before Rent has a revival?

haterobics Profile Photo
haterobics
#22Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 2:56pm

Only been three years since it closed Off-Broadway... probably a bit of a wait.

VintageSnarker
#23Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 2:58pm

"But to me, talking it up as a big "return to New York" does create a misleading impression. Especially when you consider that inevitably, people will skim the headline, as people frequently do, and be mislead (though you're right, that does make the reader mostly responsible for the error). I know that it technically is a "return to New York," but is that really worthy of news?"

 

It's pretty much click bait, right? I don't have a huge problem with it as I read most of the stories posted anyway but the issue isn't that the story is written at all. The issue is that the headline is deliberately vague or sensational to create an impression that gets you to click on a story that you probably wouldn't have and generate more ad revenue or whatever. 

Updated On: 8/25/15 at 02:58 PM

JoseLee_ Profile Photo
JoseLee_
#24Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 3:03pm

There will be a 20th anniversary national tour.

haterobics Profile Photo
haterobics
#25Rent 2015
Posted: 8/25/15 at 3:05pm

VintageSnarker said: "It's pretty much click bait, right?"

 

Totally.