It's been a couple of weeks since I got to see Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway at the Cinemagic Theater. As both documentation of the final performances of the stage version of Rent and my first foray into digital cinematic projection, it was a great afternoon at the movies.
The final cast of Rent was a strong one, and it was great to see that the show retained its vibrancy even as things like "AZT breaks" became dated references that locked the show in the past. The staging had a raw feel to it that the movie (which I did like) sacrificed to polish. The filmed live version did a great job of capturing the energy of the show.
Digital projection is also rich. A voice-sync issue at the beginning had the audience squirming a bit, but once it locked in the sound and visual were sharp and compelling. It never felt like watching TV on a big, really big, screen. Two thumbs up.
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