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Rent @Campbelltown

Sun, 12 Feb 2006, 04:30 pm
todd74 posts in thread
Headed out to Campbelltown fri night as I read they were doing my fave show of all time, RENT!, nervous and excited to see what they had done with Larsen's brilliance... Not only did they far surpass two previous productions of RENT! I have seen recently, but made me laugh, cry and moo! They didn't just play roles, they appeared to be LIVING them... Voices were varied, but beautiful, raw and passionate, relationships unfolded before and I actually believed them - Maureen and Joanne were just perfect, not butch and sterotypical, angel and Collins ripped my heart apart and Roger and Mimi burned me! The ensemble came together tightly, voices meshed in hot harmonies which tingled the spine... all up a fantastic performance! No day but today!

Re: Rent @Campbelltown

Sun, 26 Feb 2006, 09:22 am
Walter Plinge
Hi guys
Wow...what a reaction hey! Some not so good but hey, you can't please anyone. For those who don't know I'm Marlee and I was part of the back stage crew for rent. So having no emotional ties with the show and not knowing much about it coming into it..I loved it. Sure as Paul and some others have previously mentioned some of the harmonies were 100% but if everyone could experience what happened "backstage" or "behind the scenes" of rent they would realise what an awesome bunch of people this cast was and just how much effort, emotion and energy went into this show. Every night I laughed, cried and moo'd with you guys and had an awesome experience being back stage! You guys made me feel so welcomed even though it was the first time meeting alot of you!
I love all you guys but I just have to say J'son you cracked me up so much and I loved watching you every night! You would add something new to "Today for You, Tomorrow for Me" every night and Sarah and I would mealt into the wall when we heard "You Okay Honey".
So guys thanks for an awesome experience. I'm sorry some people don't agree with about how truly great this show was!
Hope to see you all soon. Don't be strangers and John don't forget about me if you ever need anyone to back stage again!
Love you long time...
Marlee
P.S I can not get the songs from this show out of my head!!! Grrr I'll have "Without You" in my head...sing that through then all of a sudden it just pops up..."SPEAK..Mark Cohen..Alexi Darling...ETC" Grr It's as if the show is just plaing in my head!! Hahaha

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