Advantages: Good songs, specially for male singers Disadvantages: Some addaptions of some songs are less than perfect
Product: Vocal selections of the musical RENT
Setting: Vocal line, piano accompaniment and chords
Composer and lyricist: JonathanLarson
Published by: Hal Leonard Music Publishing
Price: RRP £14.95
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The vocal selections of the 1996 hit musical, now a big film success, includes 12 songs from the show, arranged for piano and voice, with chords for guitar-accompaniment. The musical by Jonathan Larsson took first off-Broadway, and, shortly after, Broadway by storm and was one of the most successfull musicals of the 1990's. It has been played in a number of countries, and is still playing on Broadway.
In the selections some ensemble songs have been adapted into solo songs, like the title-song Rent and Seasons of Love, making it possible to sing them ...
Advantages: Good story, full of drama..it will make you cry! Disadvantages: Nothing to mention!
Please note it?s a Film only review.
I am really starting to have my doubts about my odd taste in films! Another thorny, full of twists and turns film, including drama, romance and a surprising touch of comedy . . . is Love For Rent, which was showing on one of my (usual) favourite movie channels.
The title of the film doesn?t sound buoyant, but when watching the film you will get it. It had a hidden message that left me questioning many things after seeing that film. This thought-provoking film discusses a growing problem in many of the poorer-developing societies; maybe some of you have never thought about this issue and have never paid attention to how serious it is becoming. However, especially with the credit crunch, hunger, poverty around the world and people immigrating to the wealthy countries to live and work, we ...
Advantages: Really uplifting and positive with great songs Disadvantages: Quite edgy- might offend some
In the words of the writer himself, Jonathon Larson, “Rent is about a community celebrating life, in the face of death and AIDS at the turn of the century”. This pop/rock musical is a modern take on Puccini’s opera, La Boheme, replacing the 19th Century threat of tuberculosis with the late Twentieth Century threat of AIDS.
Despite the fact that this musical deals with some very serious issues, including homelessness and AIDS, the musical as a whole has a very positive feel to it. The message that it promotes is to live life for the moment and celebrate it- the curtain falls to the sound of the entire cast singing “No day but today” and this is the philosophy of the show. It is made all the more poignant by the fact that Jonathon Larson himself died unexpectedly the day before his show was due to open off ...
bubblegum_princess 02.09.2002 (03.09.2002)
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