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To: Rambi who wrote (19238)	3/13/1999 11:15:00 AM
From: DScottD	Respond to of 71178

We went to see Rent when it was in St. Louis last spring. We left at the intermission. Depressing and way too loud for our tastes. Plus, neither of us could follow the story. I guess we're just a couple of fuddie-duddies.

To: Rambi who wrote (19238)	3/13/1999 2:46:00 PM
From: Jack Colton	Respond to of 71178

I've done theatre. I grew up in the Casa Mana crowd, Texas Boys Choir, 6 years private voice lessons, Jazz, Tap and Ballet... the works... Right up until, while in 7th grade, I fainted on the stage, and fell into the orchestra pit. I was standing by one of the see through props, with my legs locked (I had given out about 20 tickets to my friends.... so I was more nervous than usual) and they tell me that I staggered forward through the 4 girls who were singing a quartet under some spot lights - right up to the edge of the stage, where I stopped with my feet planted, then I went head first off the stage, with my feet still planted like a hinge, into the orchestra pit, onto a grand piano. I've heard of making a grand entrance, but that was my finest exit ever! I remember the sights and sounds of the event just like it was yesterday... My vision closed in, in a circular fashion, just like the iris of a lens closing down to F-24. Then....NADA.... When I awoke, I was in someone's car, turning the corner of my parents house, and it was snowing.... What a trip! Luckily, I had an understudy, and he got the part for the rest of that performance. The next night, before we went on, everyone was SOOOOo concerned about me, back in the green room. I said I was OK... but they really siked (sp?) me out! On my entrance, I saw an empty seat on the first row, next to the isle, and a step down from the ramp (up onto the stage), and I jumped into it. A quick director, threw my understudy in again... and he ran with it. I found out afterwards I couldn't get up in front of a group of people and tell them my name, for about two years. I had developed terrible stage fright. Oh well, so much for the overshare.... It's the weekend. Say, did you ever work for a company called Spectron? Jack PS: I'll let you know what they think of Rent. It's not for about two weeks I think. And, I did finally sing Maria in college. We worked it into a play called Hello Hamlet, just for me!