Rent Live: Over The Moon / La Vie Boheme / I Should Tell You

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Tune Up #1 / Voice Mail #1 / Tune Up #2 / Rent / Tune Up #3 / You Okay, Honey? / One Song Glory / Light My Candle / Today 4 U / You'll See / Voice Mail #2 / Tango Maureen / Life Support / Out Tonight / Another Day / Will I? / On The Street / Santa Fe / I'll Cover You / We're Okay / Christmas Bells

Over The Moon - Finally, we’re at Maureen’s protest where she shares about a dream she had.  She met a cow in the desert, who could only produce Diet Coke, because that’s all that’s drunk in CyberLand, according to Maureen’s dreams.  Maureen’s protest ends with her encouraging the crowd at large to moo with her.

Vanessa Hudgens’ delivery of this song in particular, made us fans of it for the first time ever.  She was so in it, so committed to Maureen’s unique style of protesting.  Where it could have been silly, we can see Maureen’s passion.

We also love seeing how bare-bones her production is, with Joanne and Mark running around backstage.  (Look close, and you can see Mark gawking at Maureen via the back curtain.  Hilarious.) Also, Maureen flies. So, there’s that. 

La Vie Boheme - Once Maureen’s protest is finished, we go to dinner with the whole group.  They find Benny there, as well, and make it their mission to shock him and his investors, as they have dinner.

We really love Jordan, as Mark’s, lead on the vocals here, and the rewrite of the lyrics that occurs partway through.  Instead of honoring “the death of Bohemia”, Mark says that “Bohemia’s showing shocking signs of life” and the rest of the song is a celebration.

We can hear beepers going off throughout the meal, reminders for various patrons at the table to take their AZT.

Mimi confronts Roger about being “invited then ignored all night long.” He says no one’s perfect and he’s got baggage.  Mimi tells him life is short and time is flying and “I’m looking for baggage that goes with mine.

Roger wants to disclose his AIDS status but before he can, Mimi’s own beeper goes off and she takes her own AZT in front of him.  Roger realizes they are in the same boat.

This was Mark’s big song from Act I, and Jordan delivered. Perfect. Also, the Life Cafe set was just glorious and lovely - so colorful. 

[Jordan Fisher's Mark sings: "La vie..." gearing up for La Vie Boheme]

I Should Tell You - Roger and Mimi talk alone and Roger says he’s a disaster and he doesn’t know how to even begin to have a relationship.  Mimi tells him they should “make this part go faster” because she “has yet to be in it.”

This song is intense as it is sweet, Roger tentatively agreeing to let Mimi into his life.  Both seem scared, but by the end, they’re singing, “Here goes…” and step into the future together as a couple.

Great song, super important moment for the characters. The elevator lifting Roger and Mimi at the end of the song took Tara out of the moment a bit, but definitely a solid song.

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