Rent

This is a FREAKING BRILLIANT contemporary musical. It totally blew my socks! It is extremely funky and entertaining and gripping!

Rent is a musical about gay, lesbian and AIDS. You see struggling artists, young hearts with big dreams, victims of circumstances, love and acceptance, dreams and hopes, etc. and etc. This musical will shake your values and open your eyes to a brand new world which many people try to deny.

It starts with Mark and his roommate Roger (musician) who are told to pay last year's rent or be prepared to be evicted. Benny, their landlord, used to stayed with them till he married into a wealthy family. Collins returns from MIT after he was expelled by MIT. He was mugged and rescued by Angel, a drag queen drummer. Both have AIDS, fall for each other and attend Life Support, which is a social support group for AIDS victims.

Mark has been dumped by his girlfriend Maureen, and she is currently seeing a lady Joanne, while Roger is being seduced by a little neighbour, Mimi. He gets angry and chases her away. Mimi reminds him of her ex-girlfriend who has passed away from AIDS because of her drug addict.

The music, dance, choreography, theme, scene are all extremely lively, extremely modern with a hinge of rock and pop. Cheeky yet loud, beautiful yet sad, modern yet fearful, artistic yet realistic... there are many dichotomies in this controversial musical. It is a musical which you either love it or hate. And for me, I love it! I would love to watch this in Broadway when I have the chance.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 fairy clouds. Bravo with catchy music and amazing lyrics!