[Paisleychick-lj] RENT in Spanish

[Beatrice M's blog]

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[RENT @ KONEX][3]   
Originally uploaded by [blmurch][4]. 

Thursday night we met up with our friends Alicia and Kevin in Palermo at an emapanaderia "La Pulperia" at the corner of Godoy Cruz and Beruti. There empanadas were good, but still don't hold a candle to 1810, *the best* empanadas of Buenos Aires. We met up with them to get in some food and a bit of chit chat before we headed to the [Centro Cultural de Konex][5] in the _barrio_ ONCE (pronounce "onsay"). We've been there for a [bunch of shows before][6]. It's an amazing space. It used to be a factory - I've heard both a great "Santa Rosa" cheese factory and a gas factory of some sort. Now, it's a fantastic venue to have hip and cool events.   
  
I've seen "Bomba del Tiempo", "Nocturna" (three times), Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro, and now [RENT, the musical][7] (flash site with music (sorry)). All of these concerts have been in different locations throughout the space. [Bomba del Tiempo was held inside][8] (because it was raining) on the ground floor. Nocturna was set up in a space to the left of the large orange stairs for the nets to catch the falling acrobats. Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro [set up on the stairs and people sat on chairs below][9]. RENT was upstairs (above where Bomba de Tiempo had performed). I didn't even know that the full theater with great seats existed. There's one more place where they set up performances (near the entrance gate) but I haven't seen a show like that (yet). I'm amazed at the versatility of this venue. I love how I can keep on going back and have a completely different experience each time.   
  
I'd seen the movie RENT with Kragen a couple of years ago. He said that it paled in comparison to the musical. He was right. Even experiencing it in Spanish and having to pay attention so much more to understand what was going on, it was *great*. I cried twice in the second act. There was a thunderous standing ovation at the end. I almost expected them to have an encore, but alas, it didn't work out like that..... We got seats for 60 pesos each (second most expensive) and they were great. I was surprised to see everyone at the back of the theater move up to fill empty seats when the show started. That was an interesting bit of subterfuge and no one stopped the crowd at all. I highly recommend this show to any one who is in Buenos Aires.  


   [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2388647548_4e09303f11_m.jpg
   [2]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blmurch/2388647548/ (photo sharing)
   [3]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blmurch/2388647548/
   [4]: http://www.flickr.com/people/blmurch/
   [5]: http://www.ciudadculturalkonex.org/
   [6]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blmurch/sets/72157603837119533/
   [7]: http://www.rentelmusical.com/
   [8]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blmurch/2236137630/in/set-72157603837119533/
   [9]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blmurch/2235444592/in/set-72157603837119533/

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