Oh, so that wasn't scathing sarcasm in Vexsten's last post? Man, tone is so hard to convey in written form, you guys!

Is it really? Well I, for one, am absolutely shocked by this amazing insight on your part. Truly, we are all *ahem* dwarfed by your intellect

Well, at least you didn't say "midgeted".

I remember seeing that while in New York. It's definitely a good musical, and you're in for a great show. I only hope that two hopeless fans won't be seated on either side of you and and sing every song to each other in front of you.

Don't even say that.

I'm confused. What just happened?

I'm not really sure, but I think it involved me trying to be witty and failing miserably at it.

RENT is a great musical. It's based on La Bohème and to say:

"It's a bunch of gays and junkies bitching about being evicted because they refused to pay the rent."

Is really just skimming the surface of what the play was about. Granted everyone takes things differently but to me it was about a group of messed up people trying to find some sort of happiness even if it is for a short while.

I didn't like the movie adaptation though.

This is the only thing I know about RENT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yC7HwPh6Es

I must admit, the concept of RENT made little sense to me ... until I saw it.

The parallels with La Boheme and struggling artist ... conflicts between financial security vs. struggling artistic integrity ... love ... death ... lots more going on there then just the plague ... er ... AIDS.

Maybe it's not a relatable as a musical about a green skinned witch ... loosely based from the Wizard of Oz ... but ...

I like musicals. Both on stage and in movie form. One thing about me that would make for a great homosexual if I was the least bit attracted to men sexually. Well ... I guess I'd have to start dressing better, too.

If you really enjoy a staged muscial, then it's sometimes hard to watch the changes they have to make for the big screen. I love The Phantom of the Opera, but the movie form (with Mr. Sparta himself, Gerard Butler) was not all that enjoyable. RENT I enjoyed in both forms, to a certain degree.

I did, however, really enjoy Evita, which might even rank as my favorite movie musical of the last decade. Oh ...rats ... it was made in 1996 ... nevermind ...

Other movie muscials I really enjoy include Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Grease, Moulin Rouge, Fiddler on the Roof ...

... does Spinal Tap count as a musical?

Hm ... I may have to revise my earlier statement ... Hedwig and the Angry Inch may be the best musical I've seen in the last decade.

Here's a link to Origin of Love ... which, if you are not familair, is taken from Plato's Symposium, from the tale of Aristophanes ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YO9FpWX57E

If RENT doesn't appeal to you, read a few reviews before renting Hedwig, so you know what you are getting into ... but as weird as the story might seem, the music is fantastic.

i have seen wicked as well, and i am a little bit obsessed with it! i have it ripped to my computer at work so i can listen to it!i also love avenue Q, because, well, ....its so anti-PC! im soo sick of people getting upset and offended over comments that were said in truth! but avenue q is awesome! if you have never heard anything from it, start with "everyone's a little bit racist"! truely one of the best songs ever!

and to tsiwt:
"if you were gay,
that would be okay,
i mean cause hey,
i'd like you anyways.
Because you see,
if it were me,
i would feel free to say
that i was gay!
but i'm not gay."

...what?

"We live together,"
"We're as close as people can get,"
"We've been the best of buddies,"
"Ever since the day we met."
"So he knows lots of ways to make me really upset,
Everyday is an aggrivation,"
"Oh come on, that's an exaggeration!"
"You leave your clothes out,
You put your feet on my chair,"
"You do such anal things,
Like ironing your underwear!"

um.....did anyone watch glee last week!? b/c Rachel and Kurt competed against each other with the song "Defying Gravity" from wicked! it was really good!.......and it was alittle freaky b/c rachel sounded and looks and awful lot like Idena Menzel (the original Elphaba)!!!!

Yeah, I saw it but I've never seen Wicked. I asked a friend about the play because I was curious if there were other goods songs like "Defying Gravity" but she said she didn't like the play or the other songs. She read the book and really liked it but she was let down when she saw the play. Granted, she is a bit of a theater snob so I can't be sure. Still, the Glee version of that song is playing on my list in my office which still makes interesting conversation with everyone who walks into to talk to me. Oh well.

The play and the book are very different. i have read the book and it is very dark and the play is very upidy and bright. other good songs from the play are "popular" "what is this feeling" and "no good deed go unpunished"...im a bit of a theatre snob myself (went to college for musical theatre performance), but you have to be willing to break into a less serious musical to like it. granted it still has some serious elements, but it is still awesome. im not gonna lie.....im a bit obsessed with wicked! lol