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[redcherry931]

So... Summer is passing entirely too fast. I'm leaving again on Saturday for a trip to Indianapolis until the following Saturday, for a church mission trip. I'm excited about all of it except for the 11 hour drive. But whatever, maybe I'll finally finish my summer assignments. Oh- and weather, I'm mad at you. Anytime I'm home, there is no nice

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[anonymous]

You are my Glinda.

And do you know who's in the movie Rent?
None other than my idol, actually, it's me, IDINA MENZEL!

Fab, huh.
-cait...ahem, means Idina.

[redcherry931]

Haha you goofball... Yeah, I saw her in the preview and thought of you. And then, of course, thought of myself when I saw Kristen in the actual movie... I MISS YOU!!! Come see me when you return from GHP land. I love you, Caitdles/Idina

[pent]

SLee: Trust me, the movie experience will probably be better than the Broadway one. I know; my first experience was the Broadway experience. And it sucked. No joke: it sucked. It had been (and still is) running too long and it's tired.

The movie, however, has all but two of the original cast. That means Taye Diggs, Adam Pascal, Wilson Jermaine Heredia (who won the Tony for Best Actor for playing Angel in Rent's opening Broadway year), Idina Menzel, Anthony Rapp, Jesse L. Martin -- all the people that really made the show shine in its beginning glory -- will be in it. The director is Chris Columbus, who directed Stepmom, Mrs. Doubtfire, and the first Harry Potter movies, and he's intent on making it as much to Jonathan Larson's image as possible. The guy who wrote the screenplay is Stephen Chbosky, who wrote The Perks of Being a Wallflower, one of my all time favorite books. It all looks like it's going to well worth it

[englshjmpr]

See my Broadway experience *didn't* suck. In fact it rocked. hard. My first RENT experience was the Fox and it sucked. But in my humble opinion the show is worth it either way.

[pent]

I've heard the same from a couple of other people; I think I just saw a particularly bad cast (Roger couldn't act). I believe that there have been several people that have reenergized Rent on Broadway since I saw it. Much as I hate to say it, I think appearances from people like Joey Fatone probably did up the energy a little, just as a result from having energetic fans.

[englshjmpr]

You're probably right. Although not about the Joey Fatone part. He's the anti-christ and should be burned alive for doing what he did to RENT. However, I agree that the big names brought more energy from the audience which brought out more energy from the actors. Like I saw it with Melanie Brown (Scary Spice) who, despite her british accent, was great.

[so_succexy__]

I had the same surprise regarding Kristen Chenoweth that you did..and i loved watching herr in that movie..

-rachel

[anonymous]

I had trouble putting my finger on who i thought "Samantha" in the new bewitched movie reminded me of. Unfortunately, this may be yet another Nicole Kidman role that just made me think LEE SMITH! but even more so because of how many times i've been around you and knew that you just wanted to wiggle your nose at something and watch a chandelier drop on it.

-Al

[anonymous]

on her nose?

[redcherry931]

Oh if only I could have that power... Who knows how the world would be? :) (My mother was reading over my shoulder and agrees with you, by the way... though she said that power given to me may prove to be a bit dangerous for the rest of the population)

[petthellama]

I saw the broadway show with Scary Spice in it. Al's basically right. Although she didn't fit Mimi very well, her energy was very captivating.

The movie will be interesting...