La Vie Boheme!
Last night, I and another teacher took a couple of our students to Colorado Springs to see Rent. It had been years since I’d seen it, and I had forgotten how special it is. During the opening number, there was a palpable electricity in the hall, and by the end the girls were in tears and on their feet cheering at the same time. One of them described the evening as a magical experience.
It’s difficult to explain the power of Rent to someone who’s never seen it – harder, still, to those who have seen it and feel nothing. But it’s not an exaggeration to say that for me, Rent stands as the single most powerful and beautiful artistic affirmation of the innate humanity in every human being.
Sometimes derided as merely the pop production of a degraded 90’s culture, Rent will instead become established as a classic American musical, and will surely be touching audiences a generation from now.
Can you say “overkill?”
Comment by E the Wise — May 8, 2008 @ 2:05 pm
[...] I expect better analysis from the man whose only two posts this past month have been about theater. [...]
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