Jonathan Larson's groundbreaking musical Rent premiered on Broadway in 1996. Over the years, musical theater fans all over the world have become Rent-heads, Rent-haters, and Rent-indifferent-istas. Comedians (and die-hard Rent fans) Beth Appel and Sarah Claspell shoot without a script as they dedicate each episode to a song from Rent, bringing on fellow comedians and musical theater nerds to talk about what they love, hate, and are baffled by in this divisive musical. Viva La Vie Boheme!
The fans have spoken, and Beth and Sarah have answered several months later. The incredibly funny Lisa Gilroy (Fairview on Comedy Central, size 8 feet) joins Sarah and Beth to talk about Lin Manuel Miranda's film adaptation of Jonathan Larson's musical, Tick, Tick... Boom! Despite being obsessed with the musical OLIVER! as a kid, Lisa is NOT a musical theater fan and once had a very traumatic experience auditioning for a musical at her high school. Lisa describes watching TTB without any prior Jonathan Larson knowledge and being shocked to find out he died. Sarah beats Beth fair and square in a trivia game (trigger warning/spoiler alert: Beth incorrectly says that Sondheim wrote Falsettos. Don't freak out.).
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SHOW INFORMATION
Instagram: @EverythingIsRent (https://www.instagram.com/everythingisrent/)
Twitter: @Everything_Rent (https://twitter.com/everything_rent)
Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com
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15 Mar 2021
25 Years of Rent with Lauren Ashley Smith and Mariah Smith
Sarah and Beth measure (approximately) a year since their last episode with Lauren Ashley Smith and Mariah Smith (A Black Lady Sketch Show, Smith Sisters Live), who have both seen Rent upwards of 50 TIMES. They recap highlights from New York Theater Workshop's 25th Anniversary RENT Retrospective and prepare for a new investigative podcast to uncover why Jesse L. Martin wasn't part of it! Lauren and Mariah tell the story of their uncle (Jacques C. Smith) replacing Taye Diggs as Benny on Broadway and explain what supplies you need to camp out for theater tickets. Tune in for the Rent talk, stay for the National Forensics League digression.
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SHOW INFORMATION
Instagram: @EverythingIsRent (https://www.instagram.com/everythingisrent/)
Twitter: @Everything_Rent (https://twitter.com/everything_rent)
Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/2FwL1Zi)|
Subscribe: Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/4ShyDSyZTN3714jxWH7QTd?si=UKtomHoETV-7Dt6dnm4ezA)
13 Apr 2020
Rent 2008 Broadway Performance with Caitlin Bitzegaio
Grab some WINE AND BEER (but only if you already have it at home), watch the Rent 2008 Broadway live recording on Youtube, and then listen to Sarah and Beth break it down with their hilarious friend and fellow Rent-lover, Caitlin Bitzegaio (We Stan Together). They discuss the newfound resonance of the musical, the applause problem plaguing New York theater and, guess what, it's the return of mid-2000s improv talk! Plus lots of talk about Head of the Class, The Good Fight, and Grey's Anatomy -- you'll never guess who's still alive and who's dead!
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SHOW INFORMATION
Instagram: @EverythingIsRent (https://www.instagram.com/everythingisrent/)
Twitter: @Everything_Rent (https://twitter.com/everything_rent)
Email: EverythingIsRentPod@gmail.com
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/2FwL1Zi)
Subscribe: Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/4ShyDSyZTN3714jxWH7QTd?si=UKtomHoETV-7Dt6dnm4ezA)
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