{"id":823,"date":"2017-02-07T21:58:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/?p=823"},"modified":"2017-02-07T21:58:54","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:58:54","slug":"how-do-you-measure-measure-a-year-rent-the-musicall-churchill-theatre-bromley-06-02-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/?p=823","title":{"rendered":"‘How Do You Measure, Measure a Year?…’ RENT The Musicall, Churchill Theatre, Bromley. 06.02.2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"16427215_10154048596205448_8637142787596603449_n\"<\/a>I had been wanting to see this show for a very long time! Sadly tickets were limited during its run at the St. James Theatre in\u00a0London,\u00a0but with news that it was continuing on tour there was hope! Low and behold it was coming to one of my locals and I was even more delighted to be asked to go on Press night. So on Monday myself and friend Laura took ourselves to Bromley to go to the Churchill Theatre to see the new production of the 20th Anniversary Celebration of RENT the Musical.<\/p>\n

I am becoming quite familiar with the Churchill Theatre, but one things for sure there isn’t a bad seat in the house! Tonight I was seated once again in Row L but this time on the stage right seats numbers 3 and 4.\u00a0There were no\u00a0problems with out view at all, and I recommend this seats in the future!<\/p>\n

Rent The Musical is inspired by Puccini’s classic opera La Boh\u00e8<\/i>me.<\/em> Book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Larson it\u00a0tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists who are struggling to survive, and live their lives in the East Village of New York City during the days of the Bohemian Alphabet City 1989, with the darkness of HIV\/AIDS that\"16650517_10154050930675448_122773356_n\"<\/a> loom over them. The story is such a powerful and moving piece which is performed\u00a0excellently\u00a0in every word and lyric from all the performers. Also I advised you to bring tissues when you see this musical, sadly I wasn’t as prepared!<\/p>\n

What I loved most about the story however was how honest it was throughout, the struggles, the love, the pain all displayed in one musical so effortlessly, but also see the fun, and passion each character have in what they were doing. Particular Angel’s story with his relationship with Tom, and how they stood by each other through\u00a0Angel’s illness\u00a0to the very end, even with\u00a0only knowing each other just under a year. Roger’s story of him trying to accept the illness, and learn not to let it hold him back and hide from the world\u00a0but stand strong to \"unspecified\"<\/a>carry on living his life to its full potential, mainly due to meeting Mimi who also\u00a0 on top of this struggles with a drug addiction\u00a0along with the same illness. \u00a0I could go on and on about the many stories being told, but I wouldn’t want to give too much away on this beautiful story. You will just have to see what these characters get up to in a year yourself or ‘525,600 minutes’<\/em> even.<\/p>\n

With being set in a grim tenement block in Manhattan, Anna Fleischele\u2019s\u00a0design on the staging reflects on the downtown Manhattan fire\u00a0escapes, with the use of scaffolding.\u00a0\u00a0It provides the performance with great flexibility and is used to its full ability throughout, not causing to much distraction on stage which would have taken away from the story.<\/p>\n

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The cast tonight were on fire:<\/p>\n

Mark Cohen – Billy Cullum<\/p>\n

Roger Davis – Ross Hunter<\/p>\n

Tom Collins – Ryan O’Gorman<\/p>\n

Benjamin Coffin III – Jarvar La Trail Parker<\/p>\n

Angel Schunard – Harrison Clark (Understudy)<\/p>\n

Mimi Marguez\u00a0– Phillippa Stefani<\/p>\n

Maureen Johnson – Lucie Jones<\/p>\n

Joanne Jefferson – Shanay Holmes<\/p>\n

Various Roles – Jenny O’Leary, Katie Bradley, Joshua Dever, Kevin Yates, Bobbie Little, Cristina Modestou, Jordan Laviniere, Oliver Bingham.<\/p>\n

\"unspecified6\"<\/a>Lucie Jones I have had the privilege of seeing before as Elle Woods, but tonight’s role Maureen could not have been far from it! She looked as though she was having a ball playing this role, with brilliant comic moments (Over the Moon <\/em>for one)<\/em>\u00a0that had the audience roaring with laughter! There is also isn’t a note that this girl can’t hit, and her duet with Shannay Holmes (Joanne)Take Me Or Leave Me <\/em>was a highlight to tonight’s soundtrack!<\/p>\n

Bily Cullum’s Mark the narrator of the show is strong within his role, keeping everything together. His Partnership with Ross Hunter’s Roger is strong, and Ross’s strong and rock voice is lovely to hear but also soothing, and soft when he sings your Eyes. <\/em>I am so happy that I finally got to see him perform having missed him during his time in Rock of Ages. \"unspecified1\"<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Mimi played by Philippa Stefani’s, and her performance was one in a million that throughout you\u00a0see the breakdown, and heart break in her character, but yet see the support she receives from the others shows how much everyone cared. Philippa had the vocal, the high kicks that well suited the role of Mimi she was a delight to watch!<\/p>\n

Angel played by Harrison Clark, the understudy currently taking on the role during Layton Williams rest following an injury. Harrison took it in his stride, and does not disappoint with his dancing, singing, and his emotions with coming to terms with the illness he is suffering with. Tom his partner and love played by Ryan also plays the role well, and his deep bass voice is so strong and soothing. His love for Angel is clearly displayed and you feel so much for him at the finale, but respect him for standing by his love that many may not have been able to,<\/p>\n

\"unspecified2\"<\/a>The chorus supported, and held together the show throughout, with their homeless, parents, friends, and other various roles. But to hear them all sing Seasons of Love <\/em>in the beginning of Act 2 is when you really see them come together and the a highlight of the show for sure! I was so happy that I finally heard it live, having had it repeat on my Ipod so many times.<\/p>\n

RENT does not disappoint, and its sad to know that the\u00a0writer and creator Jonathan Larson\u00a0never got to see it\u00a0performed \"unspecified4\"<\/a>on\u00a0Broadway, and West End. Having sadly\u00a0passed away the day before the first previews, it lives on in his memory and he I’m sure he would have been proud of how far it has come today! RENT is showing at the Churchill up until the 11th February for tickets go here<\/a>. It then continues to show around the UK, for further information visit the main website here<\/a>. You won’t be disappointed!<\/p>\n

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I had been wanting to see this show for a very long time! Sadly tickets were limited during its run at the St. James Theatre in\u00a0London,\u00a0but with news that it was continuing on tour there was hope! Low and behold it was coming to one of my locals and I was even more delighted to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,19],"tags":[330,490,494,344,495,488,493,491,489,492,43],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=823"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":834,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions\/834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosereview.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}