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leavingubehind · 8 months

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@pscentral event 19: music ⤷ Rent + favorites songs

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imkazz · 9 months

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Rent?! No one ever talks about rent. Tell me rent things.

AUGHHHH RENT!!!!

i went to watch it at the stratford festival like three days ago!!!

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I LOVE RENT! FROM SO MANY PERSPECTIVES! IT TALKS ABOUT THE AIDS CRISIS AND TRANS PEOPLE AND GAY PEOPLE AND DEATH AND GRIEF AND HOMELESSNESS AND SO MANY IMPORTANT TOPICS IN JUST ONE MUSICAL

keep reading if you want to see my theatre nerd side, i basically swoon over set design, backstage, lights, model choices, etc.

AS SOMEONE WHO LOVES THEATRE PRODUCTION A LOT MORE THAN ACTING, THE STAGE THEY USED TO CONVEY THIS MUSICAL HAS SO MUCH AS WELL!

LIGHTS, SOUND, PROPS AND MANAGEMENT OF SPACE WENT SO WELL AT THE FESTIVAL THEATRE!

its something called a thrust stage at the festival theatre, which is different than your usual type of stage, aka the proscenium stage. the thrust stage thrusts to the centre of the room, making it so that you can watch the play from all angles, and not specifically need to get centre, front row seats. you can see with the second photo below that even the people at the edge get an interesting perspective.

the actors and designers also have a fun time with thrust stages! you have to act with your entire body, as all pov seats can watch you, and designers have to be careful about props and use space wisely, especially since its a much smaller space than your usual, and theres no curtains meaning that scene changes have to be imaginative as well.

as you can see with the photo i took, i did in fact get centre front seats, only because a huge tour group backed out last seconds and my mom was able to snag the tickets.

(i actually watched it twice! first time at the festival was with the theatre group where i was looking at all the lights and cues and analyzing shit, but second time was bc my siblings wanted to watch it live and i could sit back and enjoy the show, looking at some things i wanted to rewatch that other campers had talked about that i missed (the first photo i took of the stage is from camp, on the balcony, while the second is the most recent and from in front of the stage))

from theatre camp, i also got the absolute privlage to get a tour of the festival theatre, and watch a changeover. since the festival theatre goes through multiple plays a day (richard III for a matinee, rent as a night show just as an example) they change the entire set.

i dont care about shakespeare, so were here to talk about the changeover to rent. they expanded the stage and made it much denser material, since people will be dancing on it, and changed the sudden drop to stairs, so the actors wouldnt trip on stage or while dancing. they also added that small platform to the centre of the stage, and did so much with it!

at first, that small platform was used as mark and rogers apartment, and there were metaphorical walls that everyone could see. even though collins was standing RIGHT NEXT TO THEM, he wasnt on the platform and was looking upwards, while mark was looking downwards, signalling they were on different floors.

for the 'la vie boheme' dance scene, they used it as a huge table to seat all the people around it, on the ground. they simly laid a cloth on the edges to make it a table, and the audience could take it as a table.

there was also a trapdoor in the centre of that thing, so for one musical number involving rogers and mimi, they were brought up, being the centre of attention while everyone else danced around them. it also became a small table for one scene.

the next thing the trapdoor did. it went down under the stage, where angel would climb onto it, and 'today 4 u' song, she rose out onto the stage in a puff of smoke and a badass christmas fit!!! so cool!

trapdoor was then used as a makeshift bed for angel, where collins helped her lie as she died of aids. they covered her with a huge cloth, which each of the group threw in and yelled 'im done!' and walked away, leaving collins still clutching it with angel underneath, the trapdoor going inwards as her grave.

let me tell you. they transitioned so well. the trapdoor went back into the trap room, where collins would also let go of the cloth and got it to sink into the hole. id assume the actor got out, the people down there would take the cloth, and while everyone on stage was doing the funeral scene, the people down there would put angels bucket with a bouquet inside and place it on the trapdoor.

theyd then let the trap back up onto stage, replacing the cloth and angel with her bucket and a bouquet in it. that made me sob the first time i saw it. holy shit.

now, away from the sad stuff and back to set design.

if you look at the photo, you can see windows in the backgrounds. they look like normal windows, until you look closer to see silhouettes in them. men and woman.

those were used A LOT to convey the scene. i cant remember the orders, but the main examples that stuck out to me:

for the 'tango maureen', the windows lit up red and you could see the people a lot better, which implies all the people shes slept with/cheated with

when they got together for the aids meeting, the windows lit up in rainbow colours to signify all the people who suffer to aids and the general lgbtq colours

when they were talking about homeless people with benny, the lights shone in different cold hues, showing all the people in tent city and how they must be freezing in the winter

'rent' the song, the windows were flashing with the song, and when the power got cut, all the lights went out except a faint blue from the lights above so the audience could still somewhat see what was happening

sound. all the cast used mics, id guess that the chorus would trade mics based on who had huge lines. before it started, you could hear general city sounds, cars, beeping, general business that you would get from new york that i found a bit cool. i think you can tell im not that passionate about sound.

alright, what else? costumes. costumes, costumes. I LOVED ANGELS FITS. HOLY FUCK, HER NEW YEARS EVE DRESS WAS SORTA TRANSPARENT BUT HAD A RAINBOW SHIMMER TO IT?! I LOVED IT SO MUCHHHHH AAAAAAAAA other than that i have little to no things about costumes... they were all wearing basic fits that were usual for the 80's, all sorts of hip-hop, t-shirts, jeans, your usual.

found some from the web! first photo is that outfit i scream about up there, and the second is her coming out of the trapdoor for 'today 4 u'!!!

okok now actors... I MET THE GUY WHO PLAYED COLLINS FOR THIS SEASON AT THE FESTIVAL!!! or, me and my entire theatre production camp did. we all got autographs, and got to speak to him bc we waited for everyone else to leave the theatre before we could go as a group, so all the actors had the time to change out of things and stuff. it turns out that someone he knew died of aids not too long ago, so his reaction to angel's death is pretty spot-on. he was so cool! the name's Lee Siegel if you wanted to look more into that.

last thing (i think). at the end, after an amazing scene where the cloth used on angel to lower her down the trapdoor was used to present all the little clips mark got over the year they all had together, angel came out of the centre door draped in this blanket, which all the cast would lay onto the stage.

and everything would go to applause.

in all, rent is amazing! <3 especially after watching tick tick boom!

(sorry for ranting i love theatre (realised i should probably save this to talk about in drama class when school starts...))

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moowithmidnight · 1 year

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Maureen Johnson

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tangoboheme · 1 year

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Me liking every December 24th 9pm eastern standard time post I see today

#broadway #rent musical #idina menzel #rent #musical #maureen johnson #joanne jefferson #roger davis #angel dumott schunard #tracie thoms #mark cohen #art #rent movie #idina #anthony rapp

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dandelionfairies · 4 months

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I love him... that is all.

#roger davis #rent #adam pascal

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officialfreddietrumper · 7 months

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I booked a cameo from Adam Pascal & I asked if he had any insights as to how he approached playing my two favorite of his characters- Roger & Freddie.

And he was super sweet and genuine, talked about how he’s not really much of an actor and more of a singer- but that Roger was natural for him since he was a rocker before moving to premiere in Rent.

He did say that since Chess was a concert version, and that Chess is such a hard show musically, he really just focused on singing it 😂. But he did describe Freddie as just being a huge egotistical phenom and I was like….

Yeah but he’s my blorbo and I love him. 😘

#mine #funny #adam pascal #adampascal #rent #rent musical #Roger rent #Roger Davis #Broadway #musicals #blorbo #freddietrumper #Freddie #Freddie chess #chess musical #chess the musical #chess

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dingus0401 · 7 months

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Happy bday to Adam Pascal!!!🎉🎂🎉🥳

#adam pascal #rent #roger davis #aida #chess musical #reno

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blog-of-a-multitude-of-fandoms · 7 months

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Subway- Roger Davis

Pairing: Roger Davis x Reader

Characters: Roger Davis

Warnings: N/A

Request: @musically-ambiguous - hi, can i request an imagine about roger from rent? something where he gets protective over short!reader? can reader be genderfluid? if not, it's fine. ty! and i meant for my previous ask, that roger (rent) and reader are dating. ty! idk if i mentioned that lol

Word Count: 460

Author: Charlotte

Although your height had started as a point of humour for Roger, he had become overly protective of you thanks to how people often treated you. You may be vertically challenged but you weren’t incompetent as others sometimes believed; you just sometimes needed help reaching to top shelf or you’d have to climb your way up there.

Whenever you were out in a busy area, Roger always had hold of your hand, finding it easy to lose you amongst the hustle and bustle of New York. This became especially evident when you tried to use the subway during rush hour. You would walk directly in front of him, and he’d keep hold of your hand to try and make sure you could manoeuvre the crowds together and make your way onto the same train without one of you getting stuck on the platform.

Tonight, you managed to get onto the subway, but so did half of the city by the looks of it. You had been shuffled into the middle of the carriage without access to a seat of a pole to hold onto. You looked up to the hanging handles and knew that it was out of your grasp and would only be embarrassing to try.

Everyone was moving around, fighting for their own personal space as the train doors closed, whilst you were trying to turn yourself around so that you could latch onto your boyfriend like a bush baby. As the train began to move along, people wobbled around, trying their best to keep their balance. The man beside you stumbled as the subway jolted. He attempted to catch himself but as he did, his arm flew out, the elbow colliding with your face due to being elbow height.

You let out a grunt, loosening your grip on Roger and almost falling over. The doors of the train opened for the next stop, leading to enough people to shuffle around that you wouldn’t have been able to point out who injured you.

Roger was steadying you, but your eyes were becoming blurred from the build up of tears. It hurt but the tears were from the blow to your face rather than the pain.

“What happened?” He asked, looking around for your supposed attacker but you were none the wiser who it was.

You couldn’t manage to get the words out, instead only letting out a squeak.

“You’re bleeding,” he frowned. “We’re getting off at the next stop.”

He held you close, only loosening his grip on you when you winced at your face touching his chest. He leant down and pressed a kiss to the top of your head, still keeping an eye out to see if he could point out who had hurt his girlfriend.

#Subway #Anon #Request #Roger Davis #Roger Davis Imagine #Roger Davis One Shot #Rent #Rent Imagine #Rent One Shot #Charlotte

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scoobydoobaday · 9 months

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The New Scooby-Doo Movies S01E13 - The Haunted Horseman of Hagglethorn Hall (1972) Hanna Barbera Productions

#the new scooby-doo movies #velma dinkley #shaggy rogers #fred jones #daphne blake #scooby doo #davy jones #the haunted horseman of hagglethorn hall #hanna barbera

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marmotish · 5 months

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Roger in a disheveled state trying to pass tea off to Freyja, after house sitting for her while his hooligan friends escape out the back door. Or something to that effect.

hooo SHIT 😂😂😂

Francis and Freyja come back from holiday ready to kick back on the couch and do bugger-all for the rest of the weekend, only to be greeted/blocked at the front door by Roger. His offer of tea is a poor attempt to distract them from the various creative exits of his mates.

Needless to say the house is not a pretty sight after the lads got loose in it.

Freyja @ Roger:

#hogwarts mystery #hphm mc #freyja young #francis elliott #roger davies #ask #writers-revolt528 #no amount of tea can fix this

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trapezequeen · 15 days

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Every Shot of Michelle Jones (Part 31/♾️)

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johnhelliwell · 8 months

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Supertramp performs "Two Of Us" in Paris (1979)

#supertramp #john helliwell #roger hodgson #rick davies #dougie thomson #bob siebenberg #*my gifs #finally got around watching the paris show in one sitting #so more gifs are coming

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hellogoodbyegirl · 2 months

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the little clap aw

#during 'breakfast in america'#i think he was looking at roger here ! aww #supertramp #rick davies #my gif #my gifs

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philhoffman · 9 months

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"What do you do when you're not sure? That's the topic of my sermon today." DOUBT (2008), dir. John Patrick Shanley

#doubt #philip seymour hoffman #psh #*#meryl streep #viola davis #amy adams #roger deakins your cinematography will always be famous

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singeratlarge · 4 months

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to singer-songwriter Robin Zander, exemplary front man for the legendary Cheap Trick. I can’t imagine life without the first 3 Cheap Trick albums, and I said as much to Robin when I met him in 2011. At the time I was the touring bassist-vocalist with The Monkees. We were wrapping up a show in St. Petersburg, Florida. As I was unloading at our hotel, Robin Zander and his wife pulled up. I introduced myself and he asked if he and his wife could visit with everyone. We chatted and walked to the bar, where Micky Dolenz was waiting—he and Robin knew one another from prior gigs, and I was happy to be listen in on two of the great all-time rock’n’roll tenors talk shop.

Vocally, I always thought of Robin as a noir punk/New Wave update on great rock’n’roll frontmen, with the swagger of Mark Lindsay and the power and range of Roger Daltrey. Years ago I made a list of my Top 12 role models as vocalists, and Robin is on that list. For me, if anyone needs to study “how to front a band,” study Robin! There are obvious Cheap Trick clips I could post (check out their 2016 single “When I Wake Up Tomorrow”), but I’m zeroing in on Robin’s 1993 solo album. HB RZ and thank you for your light.

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#RobinZander #CheapTrick #rocknroll #hardrock #newwave #noirpop #frontman #singersongwriter #MickyDolenz #Monkees #Florida #MarkLindsay #RogerDaltrey #vocalist #singer #showman

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ggswaywardgifrepository · 4 months

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Mood.

#pete duel #alias smith and jones #hannibal heyes #gif #gifs #this is me realizing that canon later made kid and heyes cousins #idc it's weird even if those were the Roger Davis episodes

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