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sigelphoenix at 06:21pm on 04/08/2005 under musicals
sigelphoenix at 06:21pm on 04/08/2005 under musicalsI just got to watch my tape of the RENT cast's performance on The Today Show -- somehow when I thought I'd programmed it from 8:00 to 8:30 in the morning, I ended up setting it from 8:00 to whenever-the-hell the tape finally ran out. O_o All for the best, though, because I completely misread the time of the performance, and it was in the 8:30-9:00 block. :P My fannish luck is very powerful indeed.
So what do I have to say besides "OMG original cast live OMG"? Um ... not a lot. XD;; I mean, it was them. Live. My mind spent the length of "Seasons of Love" going "GYEEEEE" and not much else. <3<3<3 I did notice Tracie Thoms, though, and she was great. At first I thought that Rosario Dawson had it harder, because the character she's replacing (Daphne Rubin-Vega's Mimi) is essentially the female lead. But Joanne (Tracie) has that solo. o_o And she was good. *_* (It was very cute -- after the song finished, the others were hugging and patting her in appreciation, and Jesse L. Martin just went behind her and sort of engulfed her in his arms. XD) I have a soft spot for her, because she's essentially a RENThead who got picked up and offered her dream role. Plus, she has a hell of a voice, so that's even better.
After "Seasons of Love," there was some talking with Katie Couric, and then Anthony Rapp (Mark) said that he and Adam Pascal (Roger) were going to "sing a little somethin somethin." I was sort of disappointed, because I'd heard that Idina Menzel (Maureen) and Tracie were going to do "Take Me or Leave Me" instead, but "What You Own" is just as good. And really, if Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal offered "a little somethin somethin," there are few women who would turn them down. XD (Anthony, by the way, has a surprisingly deep speaking voice.)
The rest of the cast was very cute while the guys performed. Adam turned and gave his hand to Rosario when he sang "Yet I see Mimi everywhere ..." and the girls all swooned. XD Later in the song, Idina went up behind Taye Diggs (Benny) and put her arms around him. Those two are one of the prettiest couples I have ever seen.![[insanejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/ij-userinfo.gif)
rivendellrose is right, though -- Idina *does* look faintly irritated when she has a neutral expression. ^_^;; I think it's because she has somewhat severe facial features -- nose, cheekbones, all that.
Yay performance. Yay movie! And, according to Anthony Rapp, there will be a ten year anniversary event next year. *_*
So what do I have to say besides "OMG original cast live OMG"? Um ... not a lot. XD;; I mean, it was them. Live. My mind spent the length of "Seasons of Love" going "GYEEEEE" and not much else. <3<3<3 I did notice Tracie Thoms, though, and she was great. At first I thought that Rosario Dawson had it harder, because the character she's replacing (Daphne Rubin-Vega's Mimi) is essentially the female lead. But Joanne (Tracie) has that solo. o_o And she was good. *_* (It was very cute -- after the song finished, the others were hugging and patting her in appreciation, and Jesse L. Martin just went behind her and sort of engulfed her in his arms. XD) I have a soft spot for her, because she's essentially a RENThead who got picked up and offered her dream role. Plus, she has a hell of a voice, so that's even better.
After "Seasons of Love," there was some talking with Katie Couric, and then Anthony Rapp (Mark) said that he and Adam Pascal (Roger) were going to "sing a little somethin somethin." I was sort of disappointed, because I'd heard that Idina Menzel (Maureen) and Tracie were going to do "Take Me or Leave Me" instead, but "What You Own" is just as good. And really, if Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal offered "a little somethin somethin," there are few women who would turn them down. XD (Anthony, by the way, has a surprisingly deep speaking voice.)
The rest of the cast was very cute while the guys performed. Adam turned and gave his hand to Rosario when he sang "Yet I see Mimi everywhere ..." and the girls all swooned. XD Later in the song, Idina went up behind Taye Diggs (Benny) and put her arms around him. Those two are one of the prettiest couples I have ever seen.
rivendellrose is right, though -- Idina *does* look faintly irritated when she has a neutral expression. ^_^;; I think it's because she has somewhat severe facial features -- nose, cheekbones, all that.Yay performance. Yay movie! And, according to Anthony Rapp, there will be a ten year anniversary event next year. *_*