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Critic Reviews
Jan 28, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The performances were solid and the in-your-face direction was what something like this needed. ... While Fox’s “RENT” was a bit too sanitized for its own good, it had the right people in the key roles, particularly Jordan Fisher, who, as Mark, served as the tour guide through the past, the heartache and, most of all, the brilliance of writer Jonathan Larson.
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Jan 28, 2019
Season 1 Review:
All the performers delivered, some more memorably than others--Fisher made the most of what might be the show’s most nebulous role--but none were anything near a disaster. The production offered some interesting new ideas as to staging, but the pace felt rushed at times, and muddled at others; numbers that should have been surefire did not always connect.
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Jan 28, 2019
Season 1 Review:
In the early going it felt like it might be [a complete disaster]. Instead, the second act picked up admirably and there was a stretch of songs peaking with Vanessa Hudgens and Kiersey Clemons' spectacular "Take Me or Leave Me," a wonderfully choreographed "Contact" and Brandon Victor Dixon's predictable emotional decimation (in a good way) of "I'll Cover You." ... Maybe it was the dress rehearsal thing and maybe it wasn't, but the cast was uneven.
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Jan 28, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The resulting Frankenstein’s monster of a production didn’t fare well, especially during its first half. ... Jordan Fisher proved to be a reliable narrator, giving a spunky if unassuming performance as Mark Cohen. Meanwhile, R&B singer Tinashe gave a forcefully physical performance as the AIDS-stricken junkie and exotic dancer Mimi Márquez. But the show’s energy often bordered on lethargic, feeling like the dress rehearsal it was. That is, until Vanessa Hudgens [...] gave a thrilling and shameless portrayal of Maureen, who struck the stage like a bolt of lighting, shocking everyone around her into life as the first act concluded and leading to a much livelier second act.
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Jan 28, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The dress rehearsal was rough in many spots. The camera work at times was manic, punctuated by the stray stagehand ducking for cover. It also suffered from a huge distraction--the audience. ... Hudgens brought mad energy to her part. Valentina as the doomed Angel was affecting and downright kicky on “Today 4 U.” Brandon Victor Dixon, the scene-stealer from last year’s “Jesus Christ Superstar,” didn’t find his footing until late in the show. Others in the cast seemed drawn from a community theater production.
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Jan 28, 2019
Season 1 Review:
It feels a bit weird to critique what was almost entirely a recorded dress rehearsal. How do you measure three hours of chaotic visuals and middling audio most of us were never meant to see and hear? Mostly in disappointment, I guess, though this is what Fox gave us.
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Jan 28, 2019
Season 1 Review:
If I hadn’t known it going in, the jittery cuts, dizzying camera angles and abbreviated spoken dialogue that plagued Rent: Not-So-Live might’ve lost me. Hyperactive editing rarely allowed for a moment’s pause for reaction shots or to let songs sink in. ... The cast wasn’t entirely right, either.
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Jan 28, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The audience surrounding the stage was energetic to a fault, sometimes overpowering the singers. The too-dark set, paired with an endlessly spinning camera that nearly induced nausea, made the show excruciatingly hard to follow, even for those familiar with the material. The energy was low, and the chemistry between many of the romantically linked characters lackluster.
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Jan 28, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Its rage (“we’re dying in America at the end of the millennium”) and its love (“live in my house, I’ll be your shelter”) could have given us renewed energy and hope during a long, troubled winter. Instead, due to production mishaps that could have been avoided and were then poorly handled, it barely got to make a sound.
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