Rent 1996 Opening Night-Christmas Bells

[14ocie]

that suchs for adam.....cringeworthing voice crack....but he's still awesome

[BlazedHearts]

I love this song, but I get SO confused near the end when theyre all singing. LOL

[calliesaiyan]

@ROXIproductions because Adam Pascal is ten more kinds of awesome.

[aparjmwhdvtdfwim]

i don't know why, but i think it's absolutely amazing when anthony sings "but i am over her"

[SupernovaProds]

@aparjmwhdvtdfwim so powerful even with Adam Kantor!

[TRASHYgah]

@SupernovaProds AGREED! Adam Kantors voice is so powerful. He is underrated in my opinion.

[Hoopermazing]

This is a bazillion times better than the RENT movie.

[zzpianoman]

@Hoopermazing That's because this song wasn't even in the movie.

[zzpianoman]

@zzpianoman Along with 100 of the other BEST songs......FTM.

[Hoopermazing]

@zzpianoman Thanks for the heads-up, Captain Obvious.

[xXtheycallmeMimiXx]

This has to be my favorite song from RENT. :)

[GtrPlyr1990]

Is there a way you could send me the whole thing?

[6greyxrose]

i couldnt stop myself from crying when wating such a beautiful, rare, powerful piece. Thank you so much for posting this. Thank you Jonathan larson. =')

[cb985]

rogers/adams voice cracked wen he said mmmmmmmmmmmmmmiiimiiiii

[lucindathestrange]

i may just e the world's youngest RENT-head. :D I'm eleven, and I got hooked on it when I was nine. :)

[JustJessieNYC123]

@lucindathestrange Nope, Im with ya :P

[MarineForceAlpha]

haha he cracked on "MORE" and " MIMI"

[shanemndy]

Were you the one who had the whole opening night in video format? I know I got it from someone and I went to watch it on my comp but I cant find it anymore!

[LizSmiles1]

One of my favorite RENT songs

[dedirox]

This is so amazing and so rare! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you so much for posting this!!!!!!! THANKS!

How did your dad get away with filming this?!!? He has a gift haha

[8bittrauma]

I didn't realize they used the original arrangement. This is the best song from the show. :)

[RoyceWalton]

Mimiaugh!

Poor Adam.

[yllary13]

@RoyceWalton

your comment just made me laugh

but i still LOVE adam(:

[MvyMkr]

The people with the like raid masks on...I'm pretty sure Idina is on of them!

I've seen a picture of the cast during this song and it looks a LOT like she's one of them, and that line

"I'm dreaming of a white, white christmas" when they show them, it sounds like her too!!!

Anyone agree!?!?

[MarcoPolo7212]

I would definitely say its Idina

my first guess was Kristen Lee Kelly but she's one of the junkies right after that

[Kym749]

she would have to have been really fast to get down though

[MvyMkr]

Perhaps, but if she's got the Maureen garb underneath it's certainly not impossible...in Wicked for example, I believe there are 14 second costume changed!

I love the Brechtian twist of her being that too!!! Ha

[Emmers8975]

HSM 1 On Stage has a 5 second costume change, I was on Costume Crew, It was really hard!

[LTHSFanpire]

@MvyMkr yea and if you listen to the obc recording you can def. hear her

[unfabulous386]

i wish i could of been there (:

[HSMTSLover]

@unfabulous386 me too :(

[sk8rguy871]

RENT WAS AMAZING WHEN I SAW IT . . . (on youtube) I FUCKING LOVED IT. NOW WE'RE DOING IT AT MY SCHOOL AND I GOT THE SOLO IN SEASONS IN SEASONS OF LOVE! I WAS 3 THAT DAY. LATE BIRTHDAY 9/12/93

[crazinikki815]

@sk8rguy871 opps sorry i ment to do a thumbs up not a thumbs down lol

[sk8rguy871]

lol it's ok

[StitchfansJr]

how'd you get your school to do it, though?

[sk8rguy871]

@StitchfansJr RENT? We're going to do it the 4-6. Christmas Bells: I got mad because they cut out the best parts. They cut out all the layered singing.

[StitchfansJr]

ohh, I see. I'm trying to get my school to do RENT as their musical but I doubt that they'd ever accept it. D:

[sk8rguy871]

@StitchfansJr If you think about it it's a really risky thing for some schools to do

[StitchfansJr]

Yeah, I could see why.

It'd still be cool for my school to perform it, though.

[sk8rguy871]

It would

[The1BionicPigeon]

i would be so mad if my voice cracked like that. its happened before i hate it

[TheMintyMuffin]

What was Adam drinking/smoking to make his voice crack so many times?! It irritates me. I still love him, of course, but DUDE...

It was opening night!

[sk8rguy871]

@TheMintyMuffin lol Anthony Rapp was all like "dam son get away from my ear" 2:42, 2:50-2:54 and 3:04

[TheMintyMuffin]

@sk8rguy871

I'd feel the same way! But he did perfect his craft over time and is now the best Roger EVER, in my opinion. So that's redemption right there...

[sk8rguy871]

I'm stiil deciding between my favourtie Roger. I agree with you 100% I just think he had a bad day.

[littlelarson20]

i luv this... and someone told me that the reason Adam faced the wall was so he could hide his expression becuz he was like pissed his voice had cracked. I love this cast and song :)

[ZackyVishsexay]

Your dad is my new hero

[Lendm]

I got to see the original cast! It was incredible.

[CollinsLuvsAngel]

I was a cop in this song! It was so fun!

Love "Christmas Bells"

[AcIdCaShSoCiOpAtH]

i wish this was in the movie :(

[LTHSFanpire]

@AcIdCaShSoCiOpAtH me too but i was thinking about how much singing was cut out and i cant imagine how strange it would i just can see it fitting and working

[Kignak25]

This song never ceases to give me shivers.

[SqueekyHedgehog]

absolutely

everysingletime

[SupernovaProds]

@Kignak25 ikr especially the part where every one is singing different things at the same time! EPIC

[savageFTW]

i wish i was there when it opened

too bad i was only 2 :p

RENT is brilliant

[CollinsLuvsAngel]

I was four lol

I'm jealous of my older sister she went to NYC on a Choir trip in 1996 and saw and MET the OBC of RENT UGH! and then in 2006 like 10 years later I BECAME A RENThead and OFFICIAL JEALOUS OF HER! XD

[chaceecraw]

I love when Maureen comes out. It's like woooooow ahahah thank you so much for posting this!

[Jtravels]

Bravo!

Thanks for the vid.

[LadyLizard]

oh poor Adam...he cracked singing 'Mimi' :[ fantastic recording though ;]

[vincexthien]

you are a GOD thank you for these videos

[mrsralbinopumpkinhea]

"buut i am..ooover her." my all time favorite mark line!ah!

[daisukefan92]

OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!! You have the full OBC performance!!! THANK YOU!!

[calliesaiyan]

YEAH! DITTO DUDE! <3 love this song!

[mrsralbinopumpkinhea]

also my favorite. where'd you get these videos?

[idinasfavefanzel]

My dad taped it, hahah :)

[MelaniePortrip]

My God! You're so friggin' lucky! You've got the real original stuff... it's like priceless.

[phoenixrock99]

@idinasfavefanzel have you tought of trying to edit it so that it has a better picture quality. not trying to diss great videos.

[MarineForceAlpha]

@idinasfavefanzel your dad is a good man :)

[TransfomessRuless288]

@idinasfavefanzel your dad is AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEE! :D

[twiggy647]

One of my favorite Rent songs!