Hi guys,
This is going to sound like a really odd request. I live here in Sydney, Australia, as some of you know, and in my spare time I produce and direct plays and musicals. Some of the shows I've done have been 12 Angry Men, Noises Off, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Urinetown, Closer, and RENT.
I staged RENT for 12 shows in August this year and in a review by Sydney Stage was referred to as having incredible "testicular magnitude" to put on such an ambitious and exciting production. All 12 shows sold out and the show was something of a phenomenon in the local community. It was not a professional show, however, insofar as I put it on for $30,000 and not 5 million.
Anyway, there's a website called Aussietheatre.com (used to be called BroadwayAustralia, which i think was way better) that gives out awards each year. ONE of their awards is for the category "Best Amateur or Semi-Professional Production" - I won this award for producing "Urinetown" last year. I believe RENT was far superior to "Urinetown" and deserves to be nominated and deserves to win.
HOWEVER, the guy who edits the Aussietheatre website couldn't come to the show and thus is unlikely to nominate it himself. HOWEVER the nominations are partially open to the public.
This is a call to action on behalf of, well, me. The show REALLY deserves to be nominated, people said it changed their lives. It was really quite something. But I don't have a chance of it getting nominated unless people actually write in and nominate it.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is send an email to
[email protected] and just write
"Best Amateur or Semi-Professional production: RENT (Canned Laughter) – 2 points"THAT’S ALL you have to do. Can you please please please please pass this along and get your friends and colleagues (within reason) to do it?
I would be soooooooooo unbelievably grateful if you guys could do this. It would mean the world to me. And believe me, the show really was incredible - you're not voting for a Turkey. If you want to read more about the show when we did it, go to www. cannedlaughter.com.au/rent
In the mean time, here are some photos from our production.
Thank you in advance. I can't tell you how happy me and the cast and crew and all the people who helped out on the show (not to mention the massive audiences!) will be if this happens.
It will take you only ten seconds but will bring happiness to others that will last a lifetime. And if you feel bad about it because you haven't seen it, don't - you're only voting for it to get nominated, not necessarily to win. (Though I hope they'll deem it worthy after the nominations are announced!) :)
Thank you thank you thank you! :)
Josh