Fun fact, LMM originally intended for Chip Zien and Joanna Gleason to be the ones in the kitchen during Sunday, but they couldn't make it, so that was when he stepped in.
Right - especially appropriate that they’d have been in the kitchen, as they’re best know for playing the Baker and the Baker’s Wife in INTO THE WOODS.
I’m glad you guys brought up Bradley Whitford’s physicality. I thought his performance was spot on but I was really struck by how he sat and squinted too. Spooky good.
The cameo that makes me tear up the most is the real Julie Larson in the audience at the end. I know she was a major part of the production and so to see her watching the continuation of her brother's story was so beautiful.
I can’t get over how much I loved this movie. I got to see it in a movie theater the day it came out in a room clearly filled with theatre nerds. Such a good time.
I cringed a bit when I heard that I said something like, "if Jonathan's Marfans condition had been diagnosed, he could have easily survived." I misspoke there. Officially they say "New York State medical investigators concluded that if the aortic dissection had been properly diagnosed and treated with surgical repair, Larson may have lived." Big difference between "may have" and "easily." Sorry about that all.
You were more informed than I was, The only thing I knew about it was that Javier Botet has it and that makes him an excellent contortionist, I had _no idea_ it could be deadly.
I am very familiar with Rent (seen the film and know the songs) but I never knew that Jon died, let alone the day before the first preview. Because TTB show was semi-autobiographical anyway, i think it was important to include the detail that he died in the movie. It makes it so much more poignant. Without that detail, the movie might have just come across as self-indulgent like "oh, here's a starving artist treating his friends and gf badly because he can't get his show on broadway". The fact that Jon died, and specifically HOW he died, just really hit home how important getting his work out there was for him. He was literally singing for his life, or as Lin would say "writing like he was running out of time" even though he didn't know it.
That would be Chris "Shockwave" Sullivan, one of the best beatboxers in the world. He was opposite Andrew "jelly donut" Bancroft as the doormen at Michael's apartment building. You also forgot Anessa "Young Neese" Folds and Utkarsh "UTKtheINC" Ambudkar. All of which are in Freestyle love supreme with Lin. Utkarsh had the line of the movie in the focus group with "sunrise."
Wonderful job! Your Easter Eggs are very thorough 🙂 A few additional things popped out to me - in their first exchange, Jon calls Michael an “angel on earth.” Robin de Jesús made his Broadway debut understudying Angel in RENT. Also, the Joe Papp shout-out felt like a wink to HAIR, one of Jon’s biggest influences for RENT, since Papp developed and produced HAIR off-Broadway with the Public Theater. Lastly, shoutout to Joel Perez in the workshop cast! He’s from the original cast of FUN HOME. But, as you mentioned, there’s probably a lot more buried we have all yet to recognize. This film is SO GOOD, and so for US 🎭🎶
I am not even a theater kid (I have always loved musicals but wasn’t apart of the community) I saw Wicked when I was 9 and it changed my life. I spend my days writing songs and share with no one it just feels good to do so - I very much relate to Tick Tick… Boom! Within the past year due to this and West Side Story (2021), I have been digging deeper into the history and I’m just astounded. Love the video! Thanks for making me aware of more and more!
I also discovered Tick Tick Boom in my first year at University when I was struggling academically and with my sexuality. I have got to say singing along with 30/90 was so important to get my emotions out in my dorm room. Of course I thought being 30 was ancient at the time.
@@Dimensioneer88 That makes me so happy. I've been on a binge of Adam's interviews lately and he seems like such a nice and genuine person and mentor to so many. It's criminal how underrated he is. He deserves all of the success in the world. I hope Marvel paid him handsomely.
I loved this and my non-theater kid husband did too! He looked over at me and said he would watch the film again. He had NO clue on Jonathan Larsons story and was hooked!
Tick Tick Boom means a lot to me personally as Rent is my favorite musical and I was in a production of Rent over the summer. So this movie really spoke to me as a aspiring actor
Hello other Clark's!😜 (mine adds an E!) I watched tick tick boom on Saturday. I cannot get boho days out of my head to save my flipping life, and I absolutely started to bawl during is this real. Other than that, I have Why stuck in my head, which I keep referring to as Michael and I in my head for obvious reasons. That being said, I had never heard anything from Tick Tick boom other than the behind-the-scenes features on the rent DVDs. So I went to listen to those songs sung by Jonathan Larson, and I was highly impressed. But for Raul Esparza, I think I've only heard one or two songs that I've liked him singing. One was there's a sucker born every minute. I can't remember the other one. But it sure as hell wasn't a song from Tick Tick boom because I also listened to those in the past couple of days. That's just my subject of opinion, but I thought I'd share it. That said, I absolutely adore Raul on TV, and he's an amazing audiobook reader.
Oh!! Quick questions. Are you guys familiar with Dimension 20? And the DM Brennan Lee Mulligan? Because he actually put Sondheim in one of his RPG threads, and his impression is amazing.
I'm not sure if someone else has said it already, but I asked someone about who "Walter Bloom" is supposed to be and they said he's supposed to be Charles Strouse. Great video as always, Emily.
Vanessa was bad in HSM? Meh, I didn't think so. She's pretty standard for the age she was when she filmed it. But she has gotten so much better as she's matured.
First I thought "Why" was a eulogy for Michael, who had just essentially told Jon about his death sentence, and that hit HARD, especially given the kind of stigma gays receive back then and it's like a funeral AIDS victims wouldn't able to afford because of their estrangement from their family. Once I read the lyrics it's actually more just about him and it kind of felt like his friend's imminent death became a lesson for him, and I donno it just felt kinda tone-deaf.
Is it possible for anyone to get into theater if they don't live in a big city or a popular state? Im starting to think all I can get are hard to find the credentials of vocal teachers and the very occasional once a week dance classes.
... okay, it's time to pay our respects. I hope you will eventually do video dedicated only to spend time in his works. Because you could undoubtedly do three billion times better than I ever could.
I have no idea why the captions for Chad Beguelin and Nick Blaemire halfway disappeared, but I'm DEVASTATED about it.
Fun fact, LMM originally intended for Chip Zien and Joanna Gleason to be the ones in the kitchen during Sunday, but they couldn't make it, so that was when he stepped in.
Right - especially appropriate that they’d have been in the kitchen, as they’re best know for playing the Baker and the Baker’s Wife in INTO THE WOODS.
That’d be adorable.
I’m glad you guys brought up Bradley Whitford’s physicality. I thought his performance was spot on but I was really struck by how he sat and squinted too. Spooky good.
The cameo that makes me tear up the most is the real Julie Larson in the audience at the end. I know she was a major part of the production and so to see her watching the continuation of her brother's story was so beautiful.
I can’t get over how much I loved this movie. I got to see it in a movie theater the day it came out in a room clearly filled with theatre nerds. Such a good time.
Soooo goooood!!
I cringed a bit when I heard that I said something like, "if Jonathan's Marfans condition had been diagnosed, he could have easily survived." I misspoke there. Officially they say "New York State medical investigators concluded that if the aortic dissection had been properly diagnosed and treated with surgical repair, Larson may have lived." Big difference between "may have" and "easily." Sorry about that all.
You were more informed than I was, The only thing I knew about it was that Javier Botet has it and that makes him an excellent contortionist, I had _no idea_ it could be deadly.
I still can't believe Jeff's RENT credits. Mind constantly blown.
He's...preeeeeeetty great. ;)
I am very familiar with Rent (seen the film and know the songs) but I never knew that Jon died, let alone the day before the first preview. Because TTB show was semi-autobiographical anyway, i think it was important to include the detail that he died in the movie. It makes it so much more poignant. Without that detail, the movie might have just come across as self-indulgent like "oh, here's a starving artist treating his friends and gf badly because he can't get his show on broadway". The fact that Jon died, and specifically HOW he died, just really hit home how important getting his work out there was for him. He was literally singing for his life, or as Lin would say "writing like he was running out of time" even though he didn't know it.
I only knew about it because Idina Menzel tells that story before singing “No Day But Today” at concerts.
This is the life... Uh-Bo Buh Bo booo!
That would be Chris "Shockwave" Sullivan, one of the best beatboxers in the world. He was opposite Andrew "jelly donut" Bancroft as the doormen at Michael's apartment building. You also forgot Anessa "Young Neese" Folds and Utkarsh "UTKtheINC" Ambudkar. All of which are in Freestyle love supreme with Lin. Utkarsh had the line of the movie in the focus group with "sunrise."
Loving this podcast style format.
Not gonna lie, I really hope they can figure out how they can turn Superbia into a thing!
haha, yea. Lin can adapt that too. Maybe we should give him a slight break first tho... so he can get some sleep! That man is noooonstop!
Wonderful job! Your Easter Eggs are very thorough 🙂
A few additional things popped out to me - in their first exchange, Jon calls Michael an “angel on earth.” Robin de Jesús made his Broadway debut understudying Angel in RENT. Also, the Joe Papp shout-out felt like a wink to HAIR, one of Jon’s biggest influences for RENT, since Papp developed and produced HAIR off-Broadway with the Public Theater. Lastly, shoutout to Joel Perez in the workshop cast! He’s from the original cast of FUN HOME. But, as you mentioned, there’s probably a lot more buried we have all yet to recognize.
This film is SO GOOD, and so for US 🎭🎶
I am not even a theater kid (I have always loved musicals but wasn’t apart of the community) I saw Wicked when I was 9 and it changed my life. I spend my days writing songs and share with no one it just feels good to do so - I very much relate to Tick Tick… Boom!
Within the past year due to this and West Side Story (2021), I have been digging deeper into the history and I’m just astounded.
Love the video! Thanks for making me aware of more and more!
Haven’t finished the video but I absolutely remember you bringing your rent book to school💜🎶
I also discovered Tick Tick Boom in my first year at University when I was struggling academically and with my sexuality. I have got to say singing along with 30/90 was so important to get my emotions out in my dorm room. Of course I thought being 30 was ancient at the time.
Speaking of RENT, Adam Pascal has a cameo in the Hawkeye as one of the singers in Rogers the Musical!
NO SPOILS
@@StealingFocus To be fair, I didn't even know that until I saw his name in the credits.
@@StealingFocus That was a neat lil easter egg for sure!
@@Dimensioneer88 That makes me so happy. I've been on a binge of Adam's interviews lately and he seems like such a nice and genuine person and mentor to so many. It's criminal how underrated he is. He deserves all of the success in the world. I hope Marvel paid him handsomely.
I was going to watch this but then I decided that I didn't want to be spoiled. So I finally sat down and watched tick tick boom and now im crying
tick, tick....boom made me weep this is a great follow up video
Tick tick boom and Dune are the only 2 films that deserve Oscar's and to be remembered years from now.
I loved this and my non-theater kid husband did too! He looked over at me and said he would watch the film again. He had NO clue on Jonathan Larsons story and was hooked!
Tick Tick Boom means a lot to me personally as Rent is my favorite musical and I was in a production of Rent over the summer. So this movie really spoke to me as a aspiring actor
Hello other Clark's!😜 (mine adds an E!) I watched tick tick boom on Saturday. I cannot get boho days out of my head to save my flipping life, and I absolutely started to bawl during is this real. Other than that, I have Why stuck in my head, which I keep referring to as Michael and I in my head for obvious reasons. That being said, I had never heard anything from Tick Tick boom other than the behind-the-scenes features on the rent DVDs. So I went to listen to those songs sung by Jonathan Larson, and I was highly impressed. But for Raul Esparza, I think I've only heard one or two songs that I've liked him singing. One was there's a sucker born every minute. I can't remember the other one. But it sure as hell wasn't a song from Tick Tick boom because I also listened to those in the past couple of days. That's just my subject of opinion, but I thought I'd share it. That said, I absolutely adore Raul on TV, and he's an amazing audiobook reader.
gonna be honest, there was a split second when we first saw the playwright's horizons guy I thought it was Marc Maron. just for a second!
Thank you!
i’m choosing this vid to write about in her chorus class lol
Oh!! Quick questions.
Are you guys familiar with Dimension 20? And the DM Brennan Lee Mulligan? Because he actually put Sondheim in one of his RPG threads, and his impression is amazing.
Wait wha? How was Sondheim incorporated into an RPG thread? I'm thoroughly curious. As is Gerald tbh.
I'm not sure if someone else has said it already, but I asked someone about who "Walter Bloom" is supposed to be and they said he's supposed to be Charles Strouse.
Great video as always, Emily.
Vanessa was bad in HSM? Meh, I didn't think so. She's pretty standard for the age she was when she filmed it. But she has gotten so much better as she's matured.
First I thought "Why" was a eulogy for Michael, who had just essentially told Jon about his death sentence, and that hit HARD, especially given the kind of stigma gays receive back then and it's like a funeral AIDS victims wouldn't able to afford because of their estrangement from their family. Once I read the lyrics it's actually more just about him and it kind of felt like his friend's imminent death became a lesson for him, and I donno it just felt kinda tone-deaf.
dont forget vanessa did rent at the Hollywood bowl! she was mimi!!! i personally prefer her maureen tho
Totally. I remember mentioning that, but it got left on the editing room floor ;)
No mention of the phone number on the side of the building, on the roof, when Jonathan goes up to see Susan after the Boho Days song?
Nice To See you Both... #VJ
and can you believe they did why in the first week of shooting?!?! (if they had not , they would have lost the delacorte to merry wives 😉)
Is it possible for anyone to get into theater if they don't live in a big city or a popular state? Im starting to think all I can get are hard to find the credentials of vocal teachers and the very occasional once a week dance classes.
... okay, it's time to pay our respects. I hope you will eventually do video dedicated only to spend time in his works. Because you could undoubtedly do three billion times better than I ever could.
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