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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 25, 2001
Pros: Great music, strong story , bittersweet, but not sticky sweet!
Cons: Music can be VERY, sometimes painfully loud, making lyrics difficult to understand
Summary: We were taken to see Rent as an anniversary gift. At first I was a bit reticent, thinking it was a show for "young people". Now my husband and I are not ancient, but we are definitely not in the 20, or even the 30-something crowd, however our daughter ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 28, 2001
Pros: Great music, acting, dancing.
Cons: Inappropriate language and subject matter, the music is a little loud.
Summary: I had listened to the CD about 40 billion times and memorized every word to the show, so for a time I thought I didn't need to see it. I was wrong.
The music is phenomenal. Some of my favorite songs are Seasons of Love(of course), Without ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 26, 2001
Pros: This show is incredible: excellent music, important themes, a real life story!
Cons: Some people may be offended
Summary: I saw Rent when the touring production came to the University of Iowa Campus at Hancher Auditorium near the end of 2000. I have always been a big fan of musicals including Evita, Phantom, Cats, Les Miz, and many others. I'm a big Andrew Lloyd ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 9, 2001
Pros: awe-inspiring musical
Cons: subject matter should not be taken lightly
Summary: People had always told me how amazing the Broadway musical Rent was and were always offering praise towards this show. I had never believed the hype about Rent until I decided to go see for myself what the buzz was all about.
I walked into ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 24, 2000
Pros: Best musical ever, rush tickets.
Cons: You can't afford seeing it as often as you would like
Summary: *updated after an hour later*
How do you document real life when real life's getting more like fiction each day?
The title song starts out with this line, and it is a good question, but RENT does it wonderfully.
Last ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 19, 2000
Pros: The message
Cons: The stereotypes
Summary: I think that Rent is one of the greatest things to happen to broadway and musical theater in a very long time. Whoever it was that said that this show is not for everyone unfortunatlly is correct. If everyone out there could walk into the Nederlander ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 19, 2000
Pros: Music, Story, Characters were all first rate! 2 thumbs up!
Cons: Not for the meek or homophobic!
Summary: Rent is awesome!!! 4 standing ovations! The theatre was alive! The music was fabulous and the characters were unbelievable! I would recommend this show for almost anyone. You really need to be open minded and not be intimidated about same sex ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 2, 2000
Pros: A Play With A Message, Great Music
Cons: Sensitive subject matter may offend some
Summary: While I am in my mid thirties now, married with three children, I could not help but love this show and relate to its timeless and ageless message; No Day But Today.
I am from the New York area, and spent a good deal of time hanging out in ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 8, 2000
Pros: Great music!!!
Cons: Sometimes hard to follow...
Summary: There are an immense amount of elements that go into making a theatre production successful. Not only do the actors and director work extremely hard, but the light crew, sound crew, costume designers, scene designers, and many more work just as hard to ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 13, 2000
Pros: incredible music, outstanding performances
Cons: airfare...hotel rooms...I need a bigger paycheck
Summary: This is not a musical. This is a life-changing experience.
Think I'm kidding? Since I saw the show December 7, 1999 I have lost 40 pounds, told my husband I'm leaving (this is a good thing...), quit smoking, started singing again, I have new ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 1, 2000
Pros: great music, young people can relate, good energy
Cons: not for the conservative, I wouldn't take Grandma, a bit trendy
Summary: Rent is the trendiest show on Broadway. Translation: You'll either love it or hate it, depending on your taste.
Rent is a rock/pop musical based on the classic opera "La Boheme", but set in the present. Its characters are young, hip, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 8, 2000
Pros: Energetic, passionate musical with a powerful message
Cons: Music was a little bit loud for my taste!
Summary: 315,100 hours. Jonathan Larson, author and composer of Rent, died ten days before his 36th birthday, on the night of the final dress rehearsal before its Broadway opening. Larson, who had Marfan's syndrome, had been struggling with the side ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 22, 2000
Pros: great original show
Cons: I don't get to see it enough :(
Summary: Rent is a great musical that just about everyone must see at least once! A lot of the songs are upbeat and songs that make you want to dance, and others are slower and relaxing with beautiful words.
Rent was first shown in 1996. Jonathan ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 20, 2000
Pros: passion
Cons: none
Summary: Last night I had the privalige of viewing Rent. The road tour came to the metropolitan city closest to me and thanks to one of my very best friends, who insists that I have a modicum of culture in my life, I was there! We first dined at a classy, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 10, 2000
Pros: Very
Cons: no one got arrested
Summary: Rent, by Jonathan Larson, is the update of La Boheme. Larson died, in 1996, a few months before the Broadway opening of his multi-award, including a Tony, for best musical and a Pulitzer Prize, winning play. Some would question the need to update a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 8, 2000
Pros: talented performers, enjoyable songs
Cons: dated
Summary: The musical that proclaims "no day but today" is, appropriately, still stuck and wriggling in the day that birthed it. Five years after it shook up Broadway with its rock music and hopeful message, "Rent" now seems oddly poignant and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 4, 2000
Pros: Everything
Cons: The cramped seats can be a wee bit binding.
Summary: I'll admit it. I thought RENT sounded like a total dead end when I first heard about it. My sister first saw the show in May of 1999 and came home absolutely RAVING about it. She bought the soundtrack, always talked about it, and played the music ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 3, 2000
Pros: Original Broadway Cast, Songs for every mood, energetic
Cons: the original cast isn't on broadway anymore :(
Summary: I stake the claim to Rent in my small town of Ellington, CT. I stayed up late to watch the Tonies that year and in my half asleep state a musical number caught my eyes, ears and heart. It was Rent. I immediately did my research and found out all I ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 21, 2000
Pros: Great cast (they worked very well together), great script, great play
Cons: May be quite racy for some, has strong language and suggestive scenes
Summary: “How do you document real life, when real life’s getting more like fiction each day?”
“Will I lose my dignity? Will someone care? Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?”
“Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes; how do you ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 18, 2000
Pros: Music, Acting, Sets, Costumes, Directing
Cons: Loud and not for the older crowd
Summary: I saw Rent a week ago and let me tell you, it is the best show I have ever seen, read, or done. Andrew Lloydd Webber may have created the Rock Opera, but Rent perfected it. The basic plot is not very basic. It can be a little hard to follow, but at ... read more
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