Rent At The Hal Todd Theatre

The play that I went and saw was Rent at the Hal Todd Theatre. The venue was a thrust theatre because it had seats facing on three sides for people to watch the play. The playwright of this play is Jonathan Larson and it was directed by Buddy Butler. This play was a musical, which was fun for me because I had never seen a musical before. This play had many aspects to it, including love and friendship. The main characters of this play would be Roger, who wants to be a musician, and Mimi, who is a dancer. Other main character include Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, and his friends Collins, Benny, Angel, Joanne, and Maureen. This play 's setting takes place in New York. The main plot of the story in the play primarily revolves around these friends struggling to pay rent, but also showing a love story between two people. The rising action starts when Roger is first introduced to Mimi and continues to see her. The conflict of this is that Mimi is a drug addict and just wants drugs, meanwhile Roger doesn’t, and is focused on his music career. There are many …show more content…
They had a lot of props including a Christmas tree, which gave off a vibe that was most likely Christmas time. The actors costumes were all so fun and different too. I liked that because they always wore something new for almost each scene, so it never got boring. You could also tell the difference in status when looking at the characters clothing. Some of them were “homeless” and you can tell that buy the ragged and dirty clothing they were wearing. And some were very classy in what they were wearing, like Benny 's character. The set also included many colorful lights. They had christmas lights that were hanging that made the room feel more fun and cozy. There were also many light effects. Sometimes the lights would shift to focus and add emphasis to just one person who was singing or saying an important