The Mark Escay Story
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players

ReviewReviewReviewReviewReviewRentJun 7, '07 1:47 PM
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Category:Movies
Genre: Other
Plot summary : Based on Puccini's 'La Boheme', 'Rent' tells the story of one year in the life of friends living the Bohemian life in modern day East Village, New York City, 1989-1990. Among the group are our narrator, nerdy love-struck filmmaker Mark Cohen (Anthony Rapp); the object of Mark's affection, his former girlfriend, Maureen Johnson (Idina Menzel); Maureen's Harvard-educated public interest lawyer and lesbian lover Joanne Jefferson (Traci Thoms); Mark's roommate, HIV-positive musician and former junkie, Roger Davis (Adam Pascal); Roger's new girlfriend, the HIV-positive drug addicted S&M dancer, Mimi Marquez (Rosario Dawson); their former roommate, HIV-positive computer genius Tom Collins (Jesse L. Martin); Collins' HIV-positive drag queen street musician/lover Angel (Wilson Jermain Heredia); and Benjamin Coffin III (Taye Diggs) a former member of the group who married for money and has since become their landlord and the opposite of everything they stand for. Shows how much changes or doesn't change in the 525,600 minutes that make up a year.

My Opinion: Rent a powerful story of everyday life of lower new yorkers trying to make their dreams come true. At the same time just trying to get past a day. The script is nothing special but what hits me the most is the music. In this musical it's not the script and the plot driving the story, it's the music. All types of stories are told in this musicale's music from not paying rent to measuring a year. I give this a perfect 5 because of the music that tells the story rather than a script.


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phoenixforce wrote on Jun 7, '07
I agree!!! Rent is a BEAUTIFUL musical!!! Its a movie I gave 5 starts as well, which i dont do very often... If you liked RENT, watch "Wicked", since Idina Menzel(Maureen Johnson) was the Original Broadway Cast, and won BEST ACTRESS!!! <:-P and Taye Diggs(Benny) was Fiyero fore a while.

And watch "Spring Awakening" if you're ever in New York... lots of people compare it to "Rent", so it's supposed to be good... and watch "Wicked" too!!!

I'm a living advertisment, aren't I? LOL
archer7 wrote on Jun 7, '07
This so far is my list of musicals i wanna watch live
1) Rent
2) Phantom of the Opera
3) Evita
4) Wicked
and a new addition
5) Spring Awakening
phoenixforce wrote on Jun 7, '07
archer7 said
This so far is my list of musicals i wanna watch live
1) Rent
2) Phantom of the Opera
3) Evita
4) Wicked
and a new addition
5) Spring Awakening
OooH!!! Since I saw "Wicked" already... *still giddy about that*, this is MY list now
1. Spring Awakening
2. Avenue Q
3. Legally Blonde
4. Pirate Queen
5. Wicked (AGAIN AGAIN!!!)
6. Rent
7. Mamma Mia
archer7 wrote on Jun 7, '07
3. Legally Blonde
Would this have any relation to the movie
phoenixforce wrote on Jun 7, '07
archer7 said
Would this have any relation to the movie
It's a musical based on the movie :D

The Soundtrack's actually quite good :D
archer7 wrote on Jun 7, '07
oh sounds interesting will look it up btw there wouldn't happen to be a site like IMDB but for plays and musicals
phoenixforce wrote on Jun 7, '07
archer7 said
oh sounds interesting will look it up btw there wouldn't happen to be a site like IMDB but for plays and musicals
Uhm... try broadway.com? I'm not so sure, sorry...

I'll check and let you know! :D
phoenixforce wrote on Jun 7, '07
Try musicals.net
archer7 wrote on Jun 7, '07
ok thanks for the links
phoenixforce wrote on Jun 7, '07
archer7 said
ok thanks for the links
No problem!!! :D
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