<p>It is too bad how that went at the shows once the movie came out. On the one hand the movie brought this great work to the masses but yes, that is a different crowd than theater goers overall. Stilll, RENT had a very long excellent run on Broadway and is still on tour and so many will still enjoy it. I have seen it many times over the years and do really love it, as my kids do. RENT is a piece that my younger daughter just got very immersed in during elementary school in a major way and she has researched not only the show but Jonathan in great depth and it has been an influence. My kids were pretty young when they first saw it in Boston. My younger one, in particular, was not that pleased with the movie version. We never got to see the OBC on stage. When my D was a little girl, she idolized Anthony Rapp and so when she has met him a couple of times in NYC as a teenager, it has been a thrill, particularly the one time she got to accompany him on piano. </p>
<p>As far as the tour, I’m glad my older D is going to have this chance to see the friend playing Mark as none of us has been able to see him when he was last on tour and so he is back with the tour since graduating and she has arranged to travel to see him in it. He is a friend, as you know, of both my girls, having gone to theater camp and been in shows with my younger D for years as a pal and then a friend of my older D’s once at Brown. It seems so hard to believe that their friends are now on Broadway or tour. Kids who I have seen in many shows with my younger D are now leads on several tours that are out there, as well as on Broadway and that is such an odd feeling. I wish I could see this tour but not sure that I will be able to, but glad my older one has found a way to get to one of the show cities. I’ll have to get a report from her. We have seen many different tour casts over the years.</p>