Rent

"There's only us
There's only this
Forget regret
Or life is yours to miss
No other road
No other way
NO DAY BUT TODAY!"


Alright, well, RENT!
Rent was written by Jonathan Larson who sadly never got to see his amazing project move on to Broadway. Larson died after the show's first dress rehearsal.

Now, more about why I LOVE Rent..

I saw the movie before I saw (the filmed version) on stage. They both have their positives and negatives. I think because I saw the movie version first I like it more. After really paying attention to and watching the (recorded) stage performance I thought that that was amazing as well... It's just not what i was used to. I'm very sad that I never got to see Rent on Broadway before it closed. I'm sure it will be touring, and that I'll get to see it eventually, but it won't be the same, yet I will still be grateful. :) Shoot maybe Idina Menzel will be in it ;P (haha, love her!, and yeah right! wishful thinking)

POSITIVES:
-Who doesn't love a good musical!?
-Excellent talent--voices, actors, musicians, directors, everyone who worked on this show!
-Good story to learn from. You may have someone in your life with AIDS, or you may not.. But, if you do, I'm sure you'd be able to relate to this. On the other hand, like me, I don't know anyone who has AIDS, I learned a little about it. But overall it gives off a good message, everyone needs to live their life to the fullest because you never know when it can be your last day. "No day but today".

NEGATIVES:
-SAD! --AIDS! A few of the characters have AIDS, which, hello-SAD. Nobody like to see other people suffering.
-LONG.--Both the movie and the recorded live/live version are pretty long, if you cant handle long movies, this might not be for you (even though its super good!:)
-Both are different. Like I said before, if you don't like "remakes" of things, don't watch both ok? cause one will just irk you, and thats never any fun.