La Vie Boheme

Today I saw the musical Rent. It was incredible! It's a great show with good music.
I saw it in a very small theater. Every other play I've been to has been in either in a huge theater or a school one, so this was a new experience for me. My parents were telling me that there were no bad seats at this place, and they were right. I walked in, and saw the set and the stage open up before me, and how few seats there were, just arranged right around the stage all with a perfect view, and I just fell in love with the theater. I see why my dad loves it so much.
As for the show itself, non-stop singing and dancing for the most part. I loved it. The energy the cast had was amazing. The play followed a group of struggling artists in New York City in the middle of the AIDS epidemic over the course of a year. It's the kind of story I liked, and the characters too. All through the eyes of the amateur film-maker Mark you see the characters and relations progress.
I was seeing the play with my friend Diana, the one who's been steadily corrupting me, and she said she expected me to raise my eyebrows at certain parts (the show has themes involving sex and drugs, which is why it's not exactly family friendly, along with the cussing). But she'd look at me and I'd just be smirking. She said she was proud and expected me to freak more.
I feel like this is a point of contrast. If a year or two ago you'd taken me to see this play I wouldn't have enjoyed it so much. If you take my sister to see it, we came to the conclusion she'd curl up in a ball, or at least wouldn't like it as much as me and Diana did. My loss of an "innocent" mind, to some degree isn't exactly something I'm sad about, surprisingly enough. I embrace it because while I may not be so innocent, I'm still not dirty, which I'm perfectly fine with. And, as Diana points out, this will help me to manage in the real world when some creepy dude starts hitting on me. We'll see how that turns out.
All in all, it was a great show. I had a great time, and I hope to go back to this community theater again soon, they did a good job.
Viva la vie boheme!
Callie