It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly 20 years since I first heard music from Rent. I was living in Humboldt County, just like I am now, and during the spring of 1996 it was all the buzz coming out of New York. The internet wasn’t like it is today...
Mia Michaels’ choreography always impresses on So You Think You Can Dance, but this is a number US audiences didn’t see until clips surfaced on YouTube. Michaels did this routine for SYTYCD Canada and it features the song “Will I?” from the...
I first saw Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick… BOOM! in September 2001, the weekend after 9/11. The show was playing in the West Village at the Jane Street Theatre in an area that had just reopened for regular business. Even a couple days before the show, I...
If/Then was set up to be a show that I’d find extraordinary. Seven principal actors that I love. Book, music and lyrics from the Next to Normal guys. Direction from the guy who did Rent, the Signature revival of Angels in America, off-Broadway’s Giant and...
Rent turned 18 earlier this year. Yes, I’ve seen Rent more than a few times–on Broadway, on tour, and most recently in its 2012 off-Broadway staging at New World Stages. Yesterday afternoon was the first time I’ve seen a production that wasn’t...
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