Anthony Callea - Rent - La Vie Boheme

Anthony Callea starring as Mark in Rent, November 2007, Perth Australia at the Regal Theatre.

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[WeKilledTheSong]

Is Angel being played by a girl?

[keirrac2]

No, Angel is played by Shane Jenek (aka Courtney Act). He does a brilliant job.

[BroadwayBaby008]

3 things..

1) I much prefer Anthony Rapp and Adam Kantor as Mark.

2) Is that a woman playing Angel? Doesn't that defeat the purpose a little?

3) Did he say "a bitter sweet PROvactative song?" It's avocative... totally different words..

other than that, good!

[keirrac2]

1. You are perfectly at liberty to prefer the other people as Mark. I happen to love Anthony as Mark.

2. No it's not a woman - see reply to other comments (it's Shane Jenek, also known as Courtney Act) - look him up.

3. Not sure what they said as I haven't got time to listen again at the moment but your spelling is a bit off - its "evocative", not 'avocative'. Check spelling before you criticize.

[sparrow119]

I personally really enjoyed watching Anthony as Mark! Can someone please tell me who played Angel, though? I can't find a full cast list on the internet anywhere.

[keirrac2]

Angel was played by Shane Jenek (Courtney Act) and, having met him after the show, found him to be one of the most unassuming and delightful people I have ever met.

[somemoresambora]

WOW - the guy playing Mark has an AMAZING voice!!

A shame that a troll has been so busy here, she seems like a real 'hater'... more to be pitied than desipsed, I guess.

[Luna0teagan]

I was getting kind of bored, and thats odd because this is one of my favorite songs. Was that Angel a woman? Like a real woman? Thats the only think I want to know. I liked the Mark though, just odd without the glasses.

[AndSingForeverToYou]

Oh wow. I went and saw this :D.

[TheTony2013Rocks]

One thing I didn't like, the end. When the guy playing Mark did all the last line like it was a robot. It didn't seem like he was making it up, more like he was reading it. He was a phenomenal singer though.

[Forwardthinker22]

Commanding performance of that song from Anthony. That's a real singer!

[flatdisco]

courtney act is absolutly horrible as angel.... its not good when the person playing angel makes you want him to die!!! the guy in auckland new zealand playing him is the best angel in the world ever!!!! go cameron clayton FOREVER!!!

[konatasos]

my cast did way better

[TheMintyMuffin]

@mairanya1

Pardon me...but are you seriously suggesting that Anthony RAPP does not do the music of Jonathan Larson justice?

[mairanya1]

@Elphie31 Her foot was broken and she was often in pain, especially when not wearing her cast.  I saw it so many times and didn't notice the things you picked up at all - the danger of looking at a clip just to 'find evidence', I suppose. I doubt they had fully trained understudies especially one who could sing as Nikki does. I could mention some critical niggles too, (as with virtually everything I've ever seen), but generally I agreed with the professional reviews of the production.

[Elphie31]

@mairanya1 I actually saw the production live, and was unimpressed even then, however seeing this recording a few years later brought back a few vivid memories on my thoughts on the show, and this was one of them. Of course I understand that the sitting down may have been a directorial decision, I'm just saying that, if it was, I think it was a bad one.

And if she did have a broken foot - well, thats a whole different barrel of fish, isn't it? Personally, I would have sent on her understudy.

[mairanya1]

@Elphie31 Judgement based on a clip isn't likely to be terribly deep, but of course you're entitled to an opinion too. If Nikki sat down., it may be the director told her to do that - or it could also be because she had a broken foot at the time and wore her foot in a cast as soon as she wasn't on stage.

[Elphie31]

I think everyone is entitled to their own opinion about which Mark/Roger pair they prefer, but I gotta say, Nikki Webster as Maureen? Eugh. She's incredibly stiff, and seems to be doing a bit of "school production" acting - she stands up to say her lines (or sing them, in this case), then sits back down, even when it is inappropriate for her to do so. I noticed this especially when Joanne tells her she wants her to leave. She just sits down again. Just my opinion, but I think she's a bad actor.