Normally I would be like why are you people yelling at a musical? That being said, I let out a few "Woos" when I saw this show. Wanna know why? It's a great show and it has the right atmosphere for it. I would never "woo" for a show like Book of Mormon, or Phantom of The Opera, it's just inappropriate. It's a way to give feedback to the cast. When I'm onstage I HATE quiet audiences. I would much rather have an audience like this then a quiet one. Though the "Go Neil" was too much.
Not to be a bitch, 'cause I agree to some extent that the "Go Neil" was a little gauche, but if we think about theatre from its conception and that audience catharsis and response was primary to the production...I mean, I think it's better to have a really rambunctious crowd than a passive one. As an actor, I'd rather have people shouting and cheering and clapping than barely responsive until curtain.
I liked listening to this a lot! I think I like his version of Tango: Maureen the most out of these three. Just really irritated at the hooting and hollering. I could deal with most of it cuz I've seen it happen before (seen people holler at a performance of The Nutcracker Ballet, no joke) but I think the deafening 'GO NEIL' really did it for me. Come on people.
....Someone seriously yelled "Yeah Neil!"? Like....what? Are you aware that you're even AT a broadway musical? Save that for the bows. They're in character. If you really love them that much, then give them enough respect to keep them in character, ignore their celebrity and actually enjoy the show for the show. Yelling "Go Neil!" completely cheapens his entire performance because it means you're not convinced. You're STILL seeing Neil Patrick Harris up there. It's pretty insulting.
You folks need to relax! I realize it's Neil Patrick Harris and it's Broadway- but if there was that much energy in the theatre- I'm guessing the cheers were well earned! It's a ROCK musical about being who you are and saying what you feel for goodness sake!
the people who are complaining about the shouters, you're the reason theatre's seen as elitist and inaccessible to people. You need to change your attitude and snobbishness towards fellow audience members. Shouting and applauding isn't the way to go about things during a play, I would never do so myself but different people respond to art in different ways. Many people who shout and cheer probably haven't been to the theatre much before. By shunning them this way you put them off visiting again
@LaurenSaysCupcakes Are you kidding me? Have these people been to a movie theatre? Do they shout and whoop and holler there? No? Then I think they can figure out that it's fucking rude to do it at a live show as well.
lol. now I know why Journalist Kelly Nestruck wrote in The Guardian that "Rent fans...are known colloquially as Rentheads and even more colloquially as the most annoying of all musical fans" [wikipedia..lol]
..because all this damn cheering happens! like what the hell..ever heard of theater etiquette guys?
You would hate it even more if you couldn't hear this because it was taken down due to copyright violation, which is what would have happened if it was a full video
Neil Patrick Harris is amazing. Mind you, I will always believe Anthony Rapp is the best Mark out there, but he's the original! If you will, he's the bar that's been set, and he's what we expect. He is the face of Mark. BUT, for being someone attempting to live in a role where these expectations are SO intense, I think NPH did an absolutely FABULOUS job. Anthony WAS Mark. He will always be the 'real' Mark in my brain. But of all those cast after him, NPH is by far my favorite. :)
Neil is a great actor and a wonderful singer, but his performance is substandard compared to Anthony Rapp's. Rapp put his heart and soul into Mark's character, and his voice conveys great emotion. Neil's voice, while good, was hollow and he relied too much on the inflection of his voice to worry about the soul he needed to put into it. He is a great theatre actor, but his stint as Mark was not his greatest moment by far.
Dude on tht website u hav at the end, none of the vids or audio even work for me :'( any chance u can post em here? Thnx! BTW I love when u yell out "Yeah Neil!" ;)
@Jooma17 Uh actually, as a performer, I totally think it's acceptable to cheer during a song for this type of musical. It's Rent for god sakes, calm your tits. It's not a Sondheim show.
Hey, would you be willing to trade this show for a cam of the obc of Wicked? (I've also got Phantom from broadway 2002, but the last minute or so is missing)
I really love Neil. I love him in RENT, but I personally love Anthony Rapp as Mark more because he was truly Mark. I witnessed Rapp performed on stage, and he was Mark.
But I welcome wonderful Neil to the role. I'm sure Anthony Rapp would too.
I'm sorry... NPH is an incredibly talented actor and an AMAZING tenor, but I can't take him seriously after following How I Met Your Mother for the last 5 years. I think I'll stick with the OBC Recording and the DVD of the last Broadway performance.
@MitchConnelly I don't like HIMYM much, but that doesn't mean the guy can't sing. Obviously you haven't seen Dr. Horrible, because he sang his ass off in that. NPH is a great singer.
@Kiltedwolf Excuse me, mister condescending, but I have seen Dr. Horrible. It's a comedy and it's why I can't take him seriously. He just seems like he is always trying to get a laugh, and that's not what Mark or RENT in general is about.
@MitchConnelly Well, you're the one who is judging him based on ONE role he has played. Now who is condescending? Gee, hmm. It's fine though. I understand that people can get turned off of certain things and people. Cheers.
does anyone here knows where i can watch rent with neil patrick harris is in? if not, the song then? or a recording? i am dying to hear him sing rent songs...
its so sad i wasn't able to watch rent in broadway when it was showed last feb...
I am incoherent right now. I discovered RENT and NPH at different times in my life, both waaaayyyy after RENT was popular and way after Neil was in RENT but to see them intersect like this is so amazing. God, I would just die if I could hear the whole La Vie Boheme song...
Oh geez, he is my idol. I think someone put it well when they said you can't really compare him and Anthony Rapp because Anthony IS Mark, and Neil is just incredible at PLAYING Mark.
i think its because we know him as the young guy on that 70s show and the villain on in spiderman so its hard seeing him as the innocent mark lol... i believe if u and I went and watched without knowing who he was on broadway in 98' we would say that was a good mark...lol
@TheRealGenericTroupe dude rap p like lived the role ..he just jumped on the band wagon ..neil was being a doctor and riding that sucess train when rapp was living it
As an actor, it would be really annoying to have someone shout your "real" name in the middle of the show. On a happier note, Neil is fantabulous. I wish I could have seen him do this.
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its not just him .. it happens to many actors .. no i have friends that are homosexuals so it doesnt make me bitter .. it is just something i noticed .. is all
More people like him now because more people have HEARD of him. You can't like somebody you've never heard of. But it doesn't have anything to do with him being homosexual.
i dont like him as mark at all ...final mark for broadway was awesome but not him im sorry, it bores me and i turned off another video because of that
He was a child star, playing Doogie Howser on TV before Rent. It wasn't until he got on a couple of movies and How I Met Your Mother that he became better known. Most people thought he became even more awesome from Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog. It has nothing to do with his sexuality.
Well Jonathan wrote most of the songs before the show was cast, so he didn't write them for a specific actor. However, the song "Halloween," for example, Jonathan wrote specifically for Anthony during the workshop.
No...not really.... Jonathan wrote a "Base" of all the songs then he wrote (like you said) Halloween, changed goodbye love to make Mark (Anthony) less selfish (cus in the NYTW version Mark is questioned about why he doesn't see why Roger is suffering... than it's changed to Anthony's point of view) all to fit Anthony and HIS character
Mark's character witnesses everything alone. So that's where Halloween comes in because he had just gone through the funeral of Angel.
In the NYTW version everyone BUT Mark has AIDS. Joanne, Benny, and Maureen too, so he questions why life is the way it is and how in the world can he be suffering it by himself.
Goodbye Love is the tension between Mimi and Roger because Mimi's throwing her life away to drugs so the only thing Roger knows how to do is run away.
Not really, I know much more then you probably think I do. I've talked to OBR members of RENT who've told me many things.. And the true sources are what you find online, what you talk about with the OBC...
true, still i've heard of some REALLY bad rewrites, like instead of aids they had tuberculosis, and they turned Joanne into a guy, and Angel was a girl, and Mimi wasn't a stripper
That's interesting because in the Opera that Rent is based on, the Joanne character is a wealthy man. The Mimi had tuberculosis, she was a seamstress not a stripper. These "REALLY bad" rewrites are very reminiscent of the opera. So you might say that they are rewrites are of a play that is a rewrites it's self. I just think it's interesting to think of it that way. I can also see how when out of the context of the Opera, which is actually pretty different, these changes wouldn't go over well.
i die
bornnforthis 4 hours ago
i love how he says mangling in "Tango: Maureen".
RentPhantomWicked21 2 days ago
I can't help but just see Barney Stinston,
herfavoritehate89 2 weeks ago 2
LOVE the username. x)
maggielovesrelientk 1 month ago
he is pure love <3
mconstanta 1 month ago
Is there any audio-visual footage of this show?
MagiKungen 1 month ago
Normally I would be like why are you people yelling at a musical? That being said, I let out a few "Woos" when I saw this show. Wanna know why? It's a great show and it has the right atmosphere for it. I would never "woo" for a show like Book of Mormon, or Phantom of The Opera, it's just inappropriate. It's a way to give feedback to the cast. When I'm onstage I HATE quiet audiences. I would much rather have an audience like this then a quiet one. Though the "Go Neil" was too much.
clyoung92 1 month ago 10
Not to be a bitch, 'cause I agree to some extent that the "Go Neil" was a little gauche, but if we think about theatre from its conception and that audience catharsis and response was primary to the production...I mean, I think it's better to have a really rambunctious crowd than a passive one. As an actor, I'd rather have people shouting and cheering and clapping than barely responsive until curtain.
defygrav12 1 month ago
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these comments are hilarious. You're all fucking faggots.
macr0machine 1 month ago
I liked listening to this a lot! I think I like his version of Tango: Maureen the most out of these three. Just really irritated at the hooting and hollering. I could deal with most of it cuz I've seen it happen before (seen people holler at a performance of The Nutcracker Ballet, no joke) but I think the deafening 'GO NEIL' really did it for me. Come on people.
Piearty 1 month ago
God, Neil was so perfect for this part....
321rayofsunshine123 1 month ago
....Someone seriously yelled "Yeah Neil!"? Like....what? Are you aware that you're even AT a broadway musical? Save that for the bows. They're in character. If you really love them that much, then give them enough respect to keep them in character, ignore their celebrity and actually enjoy the show for the show. Yelling "Go Neil!" completely cheapens his entire performance because it means you're not convinced. You're STILL seeing Neil Patrick Harris up there. It's pretty insulting.
RCRobVlogs 2 months ago 12
the crowd needs to learn some manners
babyruth108 2 months ago 5
You folks need to relax! I realize it's Neil Patrick Harris and it's Broadway- but if there was that much energy in the theatre- I'm guessing the cheers were well earned! It's a ROCK musical about being who you are and saying what you feel for goodness sake!
gnveelbtrn 2 months ago
WHY CAN'T I SEE THIS LIVE!
MusicStealsMyHeart 2 months ago 3
I love how the picture is from SNL. XD
carihigs 2 months ago
From what I CAN hear over the rude crowd, he's actually really good! I had no idea! (Not really a fan of him, I wouldn't know.)
jessicatheginger 2 months ago
i know it's supposed to be informal like a concert but i'd like to hear the performers
moonlightshadow1122 2 months ago
HOLY OMG OANBAEPORFIJA IM GONNA DIE I NEEEEEED TO SEE IT
qtdeZzi 2 months ago
the people who are complaining about the shouters, you're the reason theatre's seen as elitist and inaccessible to people. You need to change your attitude and snobbishness towards fellow audience members. Shouting and applauding isn't the way to go about things during a play, I would never do so myself but different people respond to art in different ways. Many people who shout and cheer probably haven't been to the theatre much before. By shunning them this way you put them off visiting again
LaurenSaysCupcakes 3 months ago
@LaurenSaysCupcakes Are you kidding me? Have these people been to a movie theatre? Do they shout and whoop and holler there? No? Then I think they can figure out that it's fucking rude to do it at a live show as well.
johnbltz 2 months ago
I'd love to see the performance but i guess there's no video /:
and I agree with everyone here, IT'S BROADWAY! NOT A FUCKING CONCERT !!!
theycallmeharu 3 months ago 3
@CodBit31 ikr?
Tiepobadaae 3 months ago
OMG HE WAS MARK!!!?!???!??!??!?!!!??? Holy crap! I love Neil Patrick Harris!!! Have to say, Anthony Rapp did a better singing job.
And I saw a ton of comments about the screaming so... Who does that? It's broadway, not some concert you get drunk at.
CodBit31 3 months ago
These are the idiots that ruin theater...God damn.... did they get out lighters too?
bluefox4000 3 months ago
I'm sorry, I can't look at him in the Mark costume... it looks ridiculous on him :D :D
TheNegativeAlchemist 3 months ago
Oh my god. I'm a 15 year old girl and I know better than to scream like that during a show. "Yeaaaah GO NEIL!" What the hell is wrong with you?
BearrBearr101 3 months ago
Why can't this person just post the full songs? What the hell is this? There is nothing else of him onstage as Mark! JUST POST THE FULL EFFING SONGS!
lillypad3211 3 months ago 5
Wow. I thought I was ghetto. But this audience lacks theatre etiquette...
LingLingRox 3 months ago 4
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ShayinWarblerland 4 months ago
You've got to be kidding me. Really people? This is not a freaking concert!
Neil was fantastic, the best Mark since the original, but my gosh people.
Ugh.
ShayinWarblerland 4 months ago
lol. now I know why Journalist Kelly Nestruck wrote in The Guardian that "Rent fans...are known colloquially as Rentheads and even more colloquially as the most annoying of all musical fans" [wikipedia..lol]
..because all this damn cheering happens! like what the hell..ever heard of theater etiquette guys?
AutumnMalfoy 4 months ago 4
why is this audience so damn noisy
hollieharhar 4 months ago 3
LOL WHEN DID HE DO THIS?! XD
sOuThPaRkLoVeRbLaHh 4 months ago
its a video of rent with neil?
avagke 4 months ago
I hate when people post something and its just a picture
Musikgrrl27 4 months ago
@Musikgrrl27 you would hate it even more if this didn't exist because iit was taken down due to copyright violation.
LaurenSaysCupcakes 3 months ago
You would hate it even more if you couldn't hear this because it was taken down due to copyright violation, which is what would have happened if it was a full video
LaurenSaysCupcakes 3 months ago
i went to the reaction thing and was like wheres the legen- wait for it.... DARY button?
wendellgirl101 4 months ago 4
Neil will always be my favorite Mark. :D
TheHarlequinHatter 6 months ago 3
i love NPH he is awesome
Crazy4NPH 6 months ago
Neil Patrick Harris is amazing. Mind you, I will always believe Anthony Rapp is the best Mark out there, but he's the original! If you will, he's the bar that's been set, and he's what we expect. He is the face of Mark. BUT, for being someone attempting to live in a role where these expectations are SO intense, I think NPH did an absolutely FABULOUS job. Anthony WAS Mark. He will always be the 'real' Mark in my brain. But of all those cast after him, NPH is by far my favorite. :)
Linneamful 6 months ago 17
@Linneamful I couldn't have put it any better myself! :)
defygravity1998 2 days ago
I agree that Anthony Rapp was a better Mark than Neil, but it's kind of unfair comparing anybody's Mark to Anthony's.
puppetmaster124 6 months ago 7
When was this???... like where and when?
Sadieluv44 6 months ago
where did you find those songs?..I'd like to hear whole songs x)
europrdel 7 months ago 2
Neil is a great actor and a wonderful singer, but his performance is substandard compared to Anthony Rapp's. Rapp put his heart and soul into Mark's character, and his voice conveys great emotion. Neil's voice, while good, was hollow and he relied too much on the inflection of his voice to worry about the soul he needed to put into it. He is a great theatre actor, but his stint as Mark was not his greatest moment by far.
Kakira2 8 months ago
What idiot screams out "woohoo! Go Neil!" at a Broadway musical? Dumb shit, it's not a mosh pit.
purplemimi1996 8 months ago 179
Dude on tht website u hav at the end, none of the vids or audio even work for me :'( any chance u can post em here? Thnx! BTW I love when u yell out "Yeah Neil!" ;)
JPriceNPH 9 months ago
he's so fucking hot. pardon my french. he's so fucking belle.
TheWimpyFruit 9 months ago 4
does anyone know where i can watch it full? :(
64marki 9 months ago 3
Love NPH... he's such a cutie-pie!
Escher3 10 months ago 2
I love NPH to death! :D
Escher3 10 months ago
Oh god,I would do everything just to see Neil playing Mark. XD
ayuminoshinigami 10 months ago 6
I think that cowboy type dude off The Simpsons is in the audience. "WOOHOOHOO!" "YEAAAH NEIIILL!"
I mean, all he needs to do is start shooting the roof. xD
thishatandyou 10 months ago 6
people need to calm down during la vie boheme. like yes, it's good, but shush til the end of the darn song!
JbMaun 10 months ago
im still in love with anthony as mark
ksssiha 11 months ago
This would have been VERY interesting to watch!
cnsjns08 11 months ago
I love NPH, and rent.. but truthfully, to me, NPH looks like he should be Roger, not mark. But either way, i love him :)
CanYouSayBubbles 1 year ago
@CanYouSayBubbles He may look like a Roger to you, but the man has a total Mark personality, and couldn't pull off Roger, imho.
thegaythespian 10 months ago
What I think: Anthony IS and will always will be Mark, while Neil is the best Mark.
chinniepie 1 year ago
I like Neil and all but Anthony Rapp is better xD <3
kakashifangirlofdoom 1 year ago
Please post the full thing!!!!!!
lettheinsanitybegin1 1 year ago
I LOVE YOUR NAME!!!!! suicidalmickeym0use. isnt that from maureens protest??
tppipersa 1 year ago 4
I had no idea this had ever happened! He would be fabulous, and it sounds like he was! Love NPH
BroadwayGirl1300 1 year ago 3
the mark look suits NPH
JTROCKAA494 1 year ago 2
I almost wish Neil had played Mark in the movie instead of Anthony :p
28undermyspell 1 year ago 6
anyway we can get it if we dont have anything to trade?
minnysworld 1 year ago
i luv la vie boheme and take me or leave me :)
mabirger 1 year ago
@mabirger he doesn't sing take me or leave me
sweetreat2 1 year ago
@sweetreat2 duh i know im just saying i luv tdem songs thax 4 ur conser rook
mabirger 1 year ago
people should stop treating this like a concert. u dont cheer during a song during a show, its actually considered rude
Jooma17 1 year ago 179
@Jooma17 Uh actually, as a performer, I totally think it's acceptable to cheer during a song for this type of musical. It's Rent for god sakes, calm your tits. It's not a Sondheim show.
kevkevshields 1 month ago 7
i love his version of La Vie Boheme!!!!!!
xxxwickedluverxxx 1 year ago
Lmao, "go NEIIIILLLL!"
thishatandyou 1 year ago
I understand why the person is cheering in the recording. He must be high from watching. Give him a break, guys. :)
handsdown4dBEATLES 1 year ago 5
I'd give anything to see Neil performing the Tango: Maureen! It must've been so fun!
Liihdeoz 1 year ago 5
Who is playing Joanne in Tango: Maureen?
ilovegreen1396 1 year ago
@ilovegreen1396 it sounds like Tracie Thoms but I might be wrong
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its painful to watch, unfortunately because of the idiot audience.
igkad 1 year ago
its painful to watch, unfortunatley because of the idiot audience.
igkad 1 year ago 3
Hey, would you be willing to trade this show for a cam of the obc of Wicked? (I've also got Phantom from broadway 2002, but the last minute or so is missing)
OperaGhost08 1 year ago
Anthony: The Original Markiescarf.
NPH: Lengen.... DARY!
kuramaisminestayaway 1 year ago 3
@kuramaisminestayaway HEY HEY HEY!!! I dont care how good NPH is...Anthony Rapp is 10x better and will ALWAYS be the best mark
tppipersa 1 year ago 2
@tppipersa I agree with you 100%!!!
kakashifangirlofdoom 1 year ago
I really love Neil. I love him in RENT, but I personally love Anthony Rapp as Mark more because he was truly Mark. I witnessed Rapp performed on stage, and he was Mark.
But I welcome wonderful Neil to the role. I'm sure Anthony Rapp would too.
AliaSparrow 1 year ago 12
The person hooting and hollering right by the mic of the camera (presumably the person filming or a friend) sounds like Goofy.
broadwaybabi91 1 year ago
As much as I love NPH Anthony Rapp made a better Mark.. maybe because his personality fit the charcter more. But I LOVED NPH in "La Vie Boheme". :)
epiccathh 1 year ago 6
Yep. The woo hoo is pretty annoying.
redhaiku 1 year ago 6
Anthony Rapp ALWAYS wins.....but it's still NPH
pirate505218 1 year ago 12
I didn't like his riffs very much
Dreamingofyou6 1 year ago 3
this is great! i wish i knew neil patrick harris and the fact that he did rent four years earlier!
i can't say i'd choose him over anthony rapp but NPH is an amazing mark in his own way.
is there any way i can watch the tour with NPH in it?
xquasarx 1 year ago 2
I'm sorry... NPH is an incredibly talented actor and an AMAZING tenor, but I can't take him seriously after following How I Met Your Mother for the last 5 years. I think I'll stick with the OBC Recording and the DVD of the last Broadway performance.
MitchConnelly 1 year ago
@MitchConnelly I don't like HIMYM much, but that doesn't mean the guy can't sing. Obviously you haven't seen Dr. Horrible, because he sang his ass off in that. NPH is a great singer.
Kiltedwolf 1 year ago 6
@Kiltedwolf Excuse me, mister condescending, but I have seen Dr. Horrible. It's a comedy and it's why I can't take him seriously. He just seems like he is always trying to get a laugh, and that's not what Mark or RENT in general is about.
MitchConnelly 1 year ago
@MitchConnelly Well, you're the one who is judging him based on ONE role he has played. Now who is condescending? Gee, hmm. It's fine though. I understand that people can get turned off of certain things and people. Cheers.
Kiltedwolf 1 year ago
@Kiltedwolf Cheers.
MitchConnelly 1 year ago
i wish i could have seen this. it would rock my world!
fabiendelmar 1 year ago 3
NPH has played Mark? Goddammit universe, how do you always manage to make the awesome even more superior?
drakkis 1 year ago 7
does anyone here knows where i can watch rent with neil patrick harris is in? if not, the song then? or a recording? i am dying to hear him sing rent songs...
its so sad i wasn't able to watch rent in broadway when it was showed last feb...
angelus0415 1 year ago
I am incoherent right now. I discovered RENT and NPH at different times in my life, both waaaayyyy after RENT was popular and way after Neil was in RENT but to see them intersect like this is so amazing. God, I would just die if I could hear the whole La Vie Boheme song...
sherryillk 1 year ago 5
In my history class, we're watching Joan of Arc and I FREAKED when the credits said his name!
Then I got in trouble, but it was okay because NPH is too awesome!
BeautifullyTragicLFB 2 years ago 3
@BeautifullyTragicLFB Same thing happened in my French class when we watched that!
kimi49783 1 year ago
seeing NPH and Mark would, I think, make my whole entire life.
shutterflie 2 years ago 6
You know my friends yelled at me when we went to go to a local performance of RENT. I like STFU. It's RENT. NPH is epically awesome.
KikimoLie 2 years ago
i love rent and mark, but I LOVE NPH!!! <3 HE IS MY LIFE :) xx
loundalice11 2 years ago
haha, not to sound like a complete nerd but at 1:33 - "YEAH, NEIL!!" .....its not a concert, its a play, and he's Mark, NOT Neil !! wtf.
Gillis1984 2 years ago 222
This is awesome. I wish I had something to trade...
agriffin51201 2 years ago 2
I'll trade for this show!!
KimmyxKrunk 2 years ago
Oh geez, he is my idol. I think someone put it well when they said you can't really compare him and Anthony Rapp because Anthony IS Mark, and Neil is just incredible at PLAYING Mark.
wickedsawesome 2 years ago 6
He seems like he made a really funny mark
geffrys100 2 years ago
I love him, but he looks kind of weird in the glasses
SuicidalMickeyMouse3 2 years ago
Mark is my favorite character, i like both of them (Anthony Rapp and NPH). But i like both :)
TheDrama10111 2 years ago 3
like him better than the original
WaCoproductions 2 years ago
i ADORE Neil, and his voice and his awesomness, but i just can't see him fitting into the role of Mark.
i dunno why, but though i love RENT, and i love Neil, i just can't see them fitting together.
JustWillow8 2 years ago
i think its because we know him as the young guy on that 70s show and the villain on in spiderman so its hard seeing him as the innocent mark lol... i believe if u and I went and watched without knowing who he was on broadway in 98' we would say that was a good mark...lol
HumzaSKhan 2 years ago
That is not Topher Grace. Its Neil Patrick Harris. He was a villian on Batman tho...
ALittleSpaced 2 years ago 2
oh shit thats right... my bad sorry i take back my comment... who did he play on batman?
HumzaSKhan 2 years ago
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That's Topher Grace.
AveryJJuniverse 2 years ago
Only topped by Anthony. WOW.
Cubiic 2 years ago 8
OMG
He's adorable.
Can I have him? Please?
PessimisticOptimist2 2 years ago 8
i like his ad libs
magicmike96 2 years ago
he is extremely (multi) talented and underrated.
bcrocker33 2 years ago 10
I adore Neil very much. He's my second favorite Mark, and that's only because his competition is ANTHONY RAPP... But anyway, NPH is freaking amazing.
gilmorefanforever 2 years ago 17
OMMMGGG. I LOVE NPH. <3
AND HE'S IN THE OUTFIT -FREAKOUT-
..okay, calming down. He's playing my favorite character, too. -clapclap-
Illnessinducingx 2 years ago 12
Yes! Mark was my favorite character! I love Neil. I love Anthony. But... OH MY GOD! NEIL!! <3
MoonyMidnight 2 years ago 8
I prefer Neil to Anthony Rapp. 'Cause, you know, Neil's freakin' legen, wait for it, dary.
TheRealGenericTroupe 2 years ago 155
@TheRealGenericTroupe dude rap p like lived the role ..he just jumped on the band wagon ..neil was being a doctor and riding that sucess train when rapp was living it
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wendellgirl101 4 months ago
As an actor, it would be really annoying to have someone shout your "real" name in the middle of the show. On a happier note, Neil is fantabulous. I wish I could have seen him do this.
thegaythespian 2 years ago 17
You have no idea.
FarrSight 2 years ago
I had no freaking idea he was in this!
OMG, I love him, he is adorable!
hayleypshields 2 years ago 5
i want to SEE him do this!! he's so freakin' adorable!!
katelovesmark 2 years ago 6
YEAH NEIL!
SweeneySchism 2 years ago 3
Now I want to hear NPH's entire "Tango Maureen" and "La Vie Boheme". He has such a nice voice.
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its not just him .. it happens to many actors .. no i have friends that are homosexuals so it doesnt make me bitter .. it is just something i noticed .. is all
jesusfreak34988 2 years ago
More people like him now because more people have HEARD of him. You can't like somebody you've never heard of. But it doesn't have anything to do with him being homosexual.
InsanelyxLogical 2 years ago 6
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i dont like him as mark at all ...final mark for broadway was awesome but not him im sorry, it bores me and i turned off another video because of that
jesusfreak34988 2 years ago
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why is it that anything he did before he told everyone what we already knew that he was a homosexual is now popular when it wasnt before?
jesusfreak34988 2 years ago
I doubt it has anything to do with him being homosexual. He's simply better-known now.
Oh no, does homosexuality offend 'Jesusfreak?' Maybe someone is bitter.
InsanelyxLogical 2 years ago 5
He was a child star, playing Doogie Howser on TV before Rent. It wasn't until he got on a couple of movies and How I Met Your Mother that he became better known. Most people thought he became even more awesome from Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog. It has nothing to do with his sexuality.
broadway331 2 years ago 12
"Yeah, NEIL!!!!!" lol
That's an energetic audience.
funkydotfizz 2 years ago
wow, that's so great. i wish i could've seen him as mark.
dancethedarkdance 2 years ago 2
Neil is not as good as anthony!
CharlieChittenden 2 years ago
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
elphiegreen 2 years ago
IT was a fabulous show!!! I saw it 3 times
princessslele 2 years ago 2
GAH!!!! I'd LOVE to see NPH as Mark!!!
elephantsrock4333 2 years ago 3
Oh wow, i would kill to see Nph as Mark on stage! He sounds amazing, and he suits the part <3
StargirllLauren 2 years ago 6
YEAH NEIL!! I love him.
broadwaygirl524 2 years ago
no anthony rapp BUT nph can do no wrong.
theoverlymean 2 years ago 2
I love him so much.
musicalsarelife 2 years ago
this are pictures from snl, what about the show
joseahued 2 years ago
I like Anthony Rapp just fine, but... god... i mean... IT'S NEIL PATRICK HARRIS!!!! *stupid fangirl swoon*
ThingsWeSaidToday 2 years ago 9
i would have so loved to seen him as Mark!!!!!!
mesmerizinglola 2 years ago
hes so adorable. id go see the show just for him even though i dont like the show.
Selendomono 2 years ago
He is the best Mark since Anthony.
Jr943 2 years ago
He was Mark! I didnt know!!!! And the some songs were written for Anthoney.
tayloriscrazy 2 years ago
all of the songs were written for one actor because Jonathan Larson(RIP) never expected for it to become as big as it did.
micah444 2 years ago
Well Jonathan wrote most of the songs before the show was cast, so he didn't write them for a specific actor. However, the song "Halloween," for example, Jonathan wrote specifically for Anthony during the workshop.
MademoiselleElcair 2 years ago
No...not really.... Jonathan wrote a "Base" of all the songs then he wrote (like you said) Halloween, changed goodbye love to make Mark (Anthony) less selfish (cus in the NYTW version Mark is questioned about why he doesn't see why Roger is suffering... than it's changed to Anthony's point of view) all to fit Anthony and HIS character
rory1494 2 years ago
Not really..
Mark's character witnesses everything alone. So that's where Halloween comes in because he had just gone through the funeral of Angel.
In the NYTW version everyone BUT Mark has AIDS. Joanne, Benny, and Maureen too, so he questions why life is the way it is and how in the world can he be suffering it by himself.
Goodbye Love is the tension between Mimi and Roger because Mimi's throwing her life away to drugs so the only thing Roger knows how to do is run away.
ActualReality86 2 years ago 2
..... go watch the documentary "No Day But Today" in the "RENT" movie 2- disc DVD......it explains everything
rory1494 2 years ago
Not really, I know much more then you probably think I do. I've talked to OBR members of RENT who've told me many things.. And the true sources are what you find online, what you talk about with the OBC...
ActualReality86 2 years ago
I believe he also wrote "What You Own" because of Anthony/for his voice.
MeOhMilo 2 years ago
he's awesome!!
We're going to do "RENT" in school! Hope it's going to be as good as Neil!!
McFlyLover92 2 years ago
be prepared for some editing, they likely won't let you mention S&M and strippers
Nessarose825 2 years ago
depends on where u are because my school let us do all of the songs without editing. it really depends on ur principal.
micah444 2 years ago
true, still i've heard of some REALLY bad rewrites, like instead of aids they had tuberculosis, and they turned Joanne into a guy, and Angel was a girl, and Mimi wasn't a stripper
Nessarose825 2 years ago
That's interesting because in the Opera that Rent is based on, the Joanne character is a wealthy man. The Mimi had tuberculosis, she was a seamstress not a stripper. These "REALLY bad" rewrites are very reminiscent of the opera. So you might say that they are rewrites are of a play that is a rewrites it's self. I just think it's interesting to think of it that way. I can also see how when out of the context of the Opera, which is actually pretty different, these changes wouldn't go over well.
Micr0fiber 2 years ago 3