I uploaded this video before without the extension in this version of Rent... so I though why not upload the complete version just for the whole act to be really complete...
As somebody who is currently in rehearsals for a community theatre production of Rent, we've had four people fall off of the table to far and we're only a month into rehearsals.
I'm doing a production of rent now, we are a lowbudget production. So we don't dance on the tables standing up. We dance in before the tables or behind. cause otherwise the table will break xD
I'm doing rent in rltroon and I'm one of the ones dancing on a table, problem is one table I'm on for rehearsal feels like I might collapse through it 😅
"i should tell you" is the greatest love song ever. such a masterpiece of theater. its like, wanting to tell your whole life story to someone then suddenly realizing it doesn't matter because it's all about this moment. Here we go, just us. who knows where, who goes there. who goes? here goes us. trusting desire, starting to learn. walking through fire without a burn. clinging a shoulder a leap begins. so here we go. AND THE FACT THAT IT WENT BLACK WHEN THE HARMONY STARTED JUST UGH...
Every time I'm out in a cafe with friends (which is rare because I don't really have a life), I feel this huge urge to put the tables together and sing/dance this! I don't think anyone would join me though, not to mention everyone around would immediately hate me :')
My dad had me watch Rent with him and I'm 12 lmao. I mean, I watched it with my mom afterwards, and with my dad actually awake. Very very awkward. I took a lot of bathroom breaks during the 18+ parts.
I'll be seeing RENT in November this year but not in English and when I see people complain about this compared to the movie let me tell you I'd give EVERYTHING to watch this musical in ENGLISH no matter what version so I can sing along because the EN version of the songs is the only version I am fluent in. Listening to RENT in my mothertongue creeps me out already. The messages just don't get delivered, so be glad guys that you at least are able to listen to original text. PS: Closing my eyes, this Mark Cohen has almost an identical voice to Anthony Rapp, it's amazing.
the movie version is awesome for a song to jam to, and recording a live performance is never going to be as good as actually seeing it live. i found this version boring but when i actually saw it live it felt just as, if not more, energetic as the movie version
[ANGEL] Who died? [BENNY] Our Akita [ROGER], [MARK], [ANGEL], [COLLINS] Evita [BENNY] You make fun yet I'm the one Attempting to do some good Or do you really want a neighborhood Where people piss on your stoop every night? Bohemia, Bohemia's A fallacy in your head This is Calcutta Bohemia is dead [MARK] Dearly beloved we gather here to say our goodbyes [COLLINS] & [ROGER] Dies irae dies illa Kyrie eleison Yitgadal v' yitkadash, etc. [MARK] Here she lies No one knew her worth The late great daughter of mother earth On this night when we celebrate the birth In that little town of Bethlehem We raise our glass- you bet your ass to- La vie Boheme [ALL] La vie Boheme La vie Boheme La vie Boheme La vie Boheme [MARK] To days of inspiration Playing hookie, making something out of nothing The need to express To communicate, To going against the grain, Going insane Going mad To loving tension, no pension To more than one dimension, To starving for attention, Hating convention, hating pretension Not to mention of course, Hating dear old mom and dad To riding your bike, Midday past the three- piece suits To fruits to no absolutes To Absolut- to choice To the Village Voice To any passing fad To being an us-for once-, instead of a them - [ALL] La vie Boheme La vie Boheme [MR. GREY] Ahhemm [MAUREEN] Hey Mister- she's my sister [RESTAURANT MAN] So that's five miso soup, four seaweed salad Three soy burger dinner, two tofu dog platter And one pasta with meatless balls [ROGER] Eww [COLLINS] It tastes the same [MIMI] If you close your eyes [RESTAURANT MAN] And thirteen orders of fries Is that it here? [ALL] Wine and beer! [MIMI & ANGEL] To hand-crafted beers made in local breweries To yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese To leather, to dildos, to curry vindaloo To huevos rancheros and Maya Angelou [MAUREEN & COLLINS] Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion Creation, vacation [MARK] Mucho masturbation [MAUREEN & COLLINS] Compassion, to fashion, to passion when it's new [COLLINS] To Sontag [ANGEL] To Sondheim [FOUR PEOPLE] To anything taboo [COLLINS & ROGER] Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham and Cage [COLLINS] Lenny Bruce [ROGER] Langston Hughes [MAUREEN] To the stage [PERSON #1] To Uta [PERSON #2] To Buddha [PERSON #3] Pablo Neruda, too [MARK & MIMI] Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow To blow off Auntie Em [ALL] La vie Boheme [MR. GREY] Sisters? [MAUREEN] We're close [ANGEL, COLLINS, MAUREEN, MARK, MR. GREY] Brothers! [MARK, ANGEL, MIMI & THREE OTHERS] Bisexuals, trisexuals, homo sapiens, Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men, Pee Wee Herman German wine, turpentine, Gertrude Stein Antonioni, Bertolucci, Kurosawa Carmina Burana [ALL] To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy Vaclav Havel - The Sex Pistols, 8BC, To no shame - never playing the Fame Game [COLLINS] To marijuana [ALL] To sodomy, It's between God and me To S & M [BENNY] Waiter...Waiter...Waiter [ALL] La vie Boheme [COLLINS] In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromptu salon will commence immediately following dinner Maureen Johnson, just back from her spectacular one-night engagement at the eleventh street lot, Will preform native american tribal chants backwards through her vocoder, While accompanying herself on the electric cello Which she ain't never studied [ROGER] And Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability to hold an erection on the high holy days [MARK] And Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap, will perform her famous lawn chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea being stirred and ROGER will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song That doesn't remind us of "Musetta's Waltz" [COLLINS] ANGEL Dumott Schunard will now model the latest fall fashions from Paris While accompanying herself on the 10 gallon plastic pickle tub [ANGEL] And COLLINS will recount his exploits as anarchist Including the successful reprogramming of the M.I.T. virtual reality equipment To self-destruct, as it broadcasts the words: [ALL] "Actual reality -- Act Up -- Fight AIDS" [MIMI] Excuse me did I do something wrong? I get invited then ignored all night long [ROGER] I've been trying I'm not lying No one's perfect I've got baggage [MIMI] Life's too short, babe, time is flying I'm looking for baggage that goes with mine [ROGER] I should tell, you- [MIMI] I've got baggage too [ROGER] I should tell you [BOTH] Baggage - wine [OTHERS] And beer! [MIMI] AZT break [ROGER] You? [MIMI] Me , You? [ROGER] Mimi
Just for me that Mimi's ignored all night along make zero sense? She participated in the entire song, plus was part of the impromptu salon, and when she sees that Mark wasn't by her side, he was still at the salon joke, like, literally 5 seconds away from you
She meant Roger bc he invited her and she felt ignored bc he left her alone and Benny approached her. She thought he would spend full time with her but he literally told her that he was inviting her to go but his friends would be there so she was kinda selfish when she said that to him.
+Monica Anggraeni Dewi As Blur said, this was the FINAL Cast that represented the company, and they absolutely KILLED it. As far as I know, none served as understudies within this particular project. I know Tracie Thoms came later on as Joanne and took on the solo vocals in "Seasons" in the film as Gwen Stewart wasn't in it. (I think that's right) Anyway, this is the cast I saw the show with and they were just amazing.. Glad you can't go to jail for thoughts either, because Renee Elise Goldsberry (MIMI) could've had me doing a lot of jail time. Unless of course, she found my ideas agreeable.
This is arguably one of the best songs in the play, but this scene just makes me hate all the characters so much. This isn't fucking Chicago, you're not supposed to be assholes, dammit.
