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| musicalmaniac396 |
Question about DVD and Stage VersionI have never been able to see the stage version, but I own the DVD and that is how I fell in love with it. I have a question, though! How close to the show is the DVD? Some of my friends and I are RENTheads and most of us would someday like to see the stage version, especially with Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal! I am also new, so this is my introduction! Thanks for answering in advance!
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| kitty17794 |
I've never seen either (in full, anyway. Seen a few clips of both on YouTube) but I know a few differences...
- "Out Tonight" takes place on Mimi's balcony in the broadway, not at the club. - Several songs from the broadway are missing from the movie version. - "Another Day" never really goes 'outside' Roger's place in the broadway show. Mimi finally leaves at the end of the song, where in the movie she is kicked out halfway through. That's all I know, really... (Welcome, btw!) |
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| pish123c |
^^^
Kitty, I always assumed it was implied that Out Tonight took place at the club. I mean, why else would she be in S&M stripper clothes (that she is only in for that and maybe a few other scenes right after), and be ripping off her kimono and dancing on the bars like she was in a club. Anyway: *In the movie, a lot of the overall dialogue is sung in the stage show *Lots of songs were cut *There is just one universal set for the entire show on stage that's about it. I think the movie was made wonderfully. |
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| pish123c |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui2GyUJ07Pg
^ ^ ^ There is a video of Out Tonight on Broadway, if the original poster is curious, or if anyone wants to correct me. |
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| ModernBroadwayGeek21 |
Re: Question about DVD and Stage Version
Generally, the Stage Version is a full on rock opera with only short dialogues in the middle of songs, but, the DVD version has TONS of spoken dialogue, but still the same storyline. In my opinion, the stage version is more intense, but the movie version's instrumentals are fuller and upbeat. Show start with (in order) the Intro, Tune Up #1, Voice Mail #1 & Tune Up #2 before it goes to the song Rent: not Seasons of Love which open Act 2 A few big numbers were removed from the movie (dissapointingly) from the stage version, which are: You Okay Honey?, Today 4 U! A aka Enter Tom Collins, last half of You'll See, We're Okay, Christmas Bells (the BEST one imo), Happy New Year A&B and also Contact. Stage Version is minimal set, and very effective.  It kinda gives a sense of Bohemian life
That's all the information I could give. Hope it helps.
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| pish123c |
let's not forget the movie basically cut "Goodbye Love" in half, which I'm still a little bitter about. | ||||||
| ModernBroadwayGeek21 |
I think if Daphne did it (which I'm quite bitter about cause she didn't), it would have stayed... and all the other song. Still fantasizing...
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| Gwen |
In the stage version, most of it occurs over the course of one day(Christmas Eve,) then 7 days later (New Year) and then goes on through Valentines day, Halloween, and another New Year. A song that occurs during the first New Year was taken out- at the part where they break back into the apartment.
If you really want to know all the differences, get the Broadway cast recording. It's really not that hard to figure out by listening. |
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| kitty17794 |
I assumed that because she WORKS at the club, she was imagining she was at the club - with Roger. But in reality, she's watching him from her balcony. That's just what I kinda saw when I watched the videos on YouTube. Because there's really no set transition to show her leaving the club and entering her balcony, I assumed the whole thing took place there, until she went down to Roger's apartment. *shrug* She was probably in her stripper costume because maybe she just got home from work? Dunno. That's just what I thought upon viewing it. |
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| musikal_geek |
^But no one imagines that - not even Mimi. 
I think she's definitely at the club for that song... although, I think a lot of the sets are up to the audience to decide on what they are... because the set never changes, except for the tables and the steeple/tree/loft thing. |
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| what_the_heck013 |
The major difference is the staging. The film takes place in many real settings, obviously because it's a film. What I love about Rent on stage is that it takes place in a sort of abstract environment where a trash can acts as a woodburning stove and this ecclectic sculpture upstage is the chimney but then later the sculpture becomes many other things. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that the set and staging is so simplistic in Rent and it really kind of throws some fun into Rent. | ||||||
| theatre4life |
the show only takes place over one full year. when they break into the apartment, Happy New Year is interrupted for the Voice-Mails, not to show that another year has passed. if you've seen the show live or bootleg, you'll realise that they're in the same costumes, etc. and if you listen to how part B begins, Maureen is saying "I think we need an agent" in response to Alexi's voice-mail. Act 1 is Christmas Eve/Day - if you count that midnight marks a new day. Act 2 covers New Year's Eve/Day, Valentine's Day, Fourth of July ("Contact"), Halloween, and finally Christmas Eve, the following year from where we began. and before everyone asks, the reasons for my saying that "Contact" is Fourth of July is if you've seen the 10th anniversary benefit concert, Mark says before the song, "Fourth of July: things are really heating up." (not an exact quote). also, it's on one of the demo CDs, from the old days of the show. the homeless sang a little thing, similar to x-mas bells: Fireworks exploding, Sanity's erroding... etc. |
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| pish123c |
oh for Christs sake get over it. |
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| actor |
No! People NEED to start using the correct terminology!! | ||||||
| musikal_geek |
CAST RECORDING = MUSICAL
SOUNDTRACK = MOVIE Wow, that was hard, hey? |
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| theatre4life |
who the fu*k really cares, anyway? people need to seriously get a life. |
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| musikal_geek |
Because it gets confusing - if someone wants to talk about the Broadway Mimi's performance and they said SOUNDTRACK, then people will talk about Rosario Dawson - if they said CAST RECORDING then people will talk about the right person (Daphne Ruben Vega). It's a common mistake, and it can mess up a thread. I'm SO sorry for helping the user out... and you need to calm down. Right now. |
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| theatre4life |
um, theres nothing to calm down about. i wasnt shouting at my monitor or anything like that. i was just saying that people are ALWAYS correcting on that specific terminology. and for the most part, people do actually say if they're talking about rosario or daphne. it's not a HUGE deal. i didnt mean to offend you. 
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| musicalmaniac396 |
Thank you for all of your information! I would also like to thank Gwen for giving me the idea of listening to the Broadway cast recording, even if Gwen didnt use the correct phrase! Thanks!
Bec
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| Gwen |
*head slap*
sorry guys, I know it's cast recording. I usually say cast recording; I never say soundtrack when talking about musicals. (This was a one time freak fest.) *goes to edit post* I was pretty tired when I wrote that. Anyway, AH! Hahaha.... Theater4Life, am I correct in thinking you have words from the song Cool Fool that was cut out from the workshop in your sig? |
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| theatre4life |
indeed i do. i own the NYTW on cd. however, "Do A Little Business" seems to not be present on the recording. oh well. "The checkbook, Alison - the checkbook, Alison..." |
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| Gwen |
I didn't mean to write another New Year, I meant Christmas Eve. (Again, I was really tired when I wrote that first post. Sorry for that.) |
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| theatre4life |
ohh, okay. i just wanted to make sure that you werent confused as to the period of time that takes place during the course of the show. | ||||||
| Gwen |
Completely understandable! 
I don't have youtube, but I'm pretty much able to tell what's going on just by listening. If it doesn't say exactly what's going on, (as you know more about a show by seeing it,) I'll listen for whatever's implied and can usually figure it out right away. .... I'm listening to the soundtrack right now. (Soundtrack, not cast recording. I've heard both, the cast recording far more often.) Anyways, I think we all have our flaws here and there. I thank you for being polite in your correction of mine.
Hmmm...NYTW... Does that stand for New York Theater Workshop? I'm asking since I've never come across that, so I'm unfamiliar with that abbreviation. |
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| Lynmarie |
Table Dancing Scene?Can anyone tell me if the table dancing scene is in the Broadway show as well as the movie? I need to know for a project I'm working on. If it's in the Broadway show, is it apparent they're in a restaurant? Thanks! |
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| The Very Angry Woman |
Re: Table Dancing Scene?
Yes. Yes. |
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| The Very Angry Woman |
Yes. http://bennytour.com/nytw/nytwlyrics1.htm |
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| Cinedramatic |
Also Angel's death occurs in two different spots between the movie and stage version. On broadway he 'dies' at the end of Contact and in the movie he dies during Without You. | ||||||
| theatre4life |
Re: Table Dancing Scene?
well, in the stage show theres lots of dancing on tables. but, in La Vie Boheme - in the Life Cafe - that is in both the stage show and the film. |
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| NoWizardThatThereisOrWas |
The stage and film version are NOTHING ALIKE. The stage version is all singing. | ||||||
| The Very Angry Woman |
Yeah, like the very first lines of the show, right? |
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| Y0UCANTST0PTHEBEAT |
So much better now. |
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| music is my life!!! |
there's more dialogue in the movie wheras the show is more of an operetta type thing. |