Last night (Thursday 25th April 2013), I excitedly took my seat for RENT In Concert, playing at the Manchester Opera House on the opening night of its short UK tour.
Running costs of a Mancunian household (January 2012 – January 2013)
One of the big things that I was always worried about when I was looking to rent for the first time was how much money that I’d need to set aside for all of the various bills and such that would hit me every month.
RENT – 20th Anniversary Concert Tour (with Kerry Ellis!)
Today I found out that they’re putting on a 20th Anniversary Concert tour of the musical ‘RENT’ (my absolute favourite) to celebrate this classic being 20 years old. It’s a little bit of a cop-out (to be honest) as the show didn’t hit Broadway audiences properly until 1996, and the West End until 1997, however […]
Jonathan Larson: ‘Love Heals’
I have just been reminded of little played/’rare’ Jonathan Larson song, ‘Love Heals’, written as an independent ‘stand-alone’ song, and included as a bonus track on the soundtrack of the recent 2005 Chris Columbus movie-musical adaptation. (Song performed by ‘Teen Troupe’ – there were no embeddable versions of the RENT version, rare as it is! […]
RENT : “Goodbye Love”
So, on Sunday past (7th September), the musical ‘RENT’ closed after a stonking 12 year run on Broadway. I did pen a blog post on how much I love the musical RENT a few months ago (which you can find HERE); this post is more in relation to the recent Broadway closing. I came across the below clip […]