Me: (Squeals) Hey, everyone! Welcome to another episode of "Musical Characters React!"

Anne Boleyn: Well, you seem way excited!

Me: I AM!

King George: What for?

Me: Today's request! It's by MusicalTheatreFan!

Me: Rent is my newest obsession! And I can't wait for you guys to react to it!

Angelica: Wait, wasn't that the musical that my actress was in?

Me: Yep, she was the final Mimi on Broadway! She is the BEST Mimi, then Rosario Dawson, then Daphne Rubin-Vega!

Philip: What genre of musical is it?

Me: It's a rock musical.

Veronica: Ooh! Like us?

Me: Yeah. It also won the Pulitzer prize for Drama along with Hamilton. Anyway, let's get to it!

[During Tune-Up #1]

Me: (Fangirls) I LOVE Adam Pascal! And Roger himself!

Jane Seymour: So Roger's friend who's singing here is a filmaker?

Me: Yep. His name is Mark.

Usnavi: I love this already!

[During Voicemail 1]

Philip: Ha! I can imagine MY mother leaving a call like this.

Eliza: (Chuckles, ruffles Philip's hair)

Katherine Howard: What's a "lesbian"?

Me: A lesbian is a woman who is sexually attracted to another woman.

The queens and the Hamilton characters: Wait, they can DO that?

Me: And adding on, Maureen actually is not a "lesbian", she is bisexual, meaning attracted to both men AND women, because she dated Mark.

Jefferson: Ooof, I feel bad for Mark.

[Timeskip to Tune Up 2]

Mulligan: I think this Collins guy and I would be great friends!

Laurens: Yeah!

Usnavi: Wait... they have a character named "Benny"?

Me: Yep, but I much prefer YOUR Benny.

Benny: Ha!

Me: Their Benny, Benny Coffin, is a bit like the Aaron Burr of the group, and you'll see why at the end of the first act.

Burr: Hey!

Me: And he's a bit of a jerk.

Heather M.: Ooh, looks like Roger's attempt to write a song isn't going well...

Lafayette: Sacre bleu! Benny blew out their power!

[Timeskip to Rent]

Veronica: [Rocking out to the intro]

Heather D.: I have to admit, I like this!

J.D.: Me, too!

Me: [Singing along] How do you document real life when real life's getting more like fiction each day! Headlines, breadlines, blow my mind, and now this deadline, eviction or paaaaaay!!! RENT!

Catherine of Aragon: Oh, so THIS is Joanne!

Me: Yep. She is a lawyer.

Hamilton: Like me!

The SMFDR: (Roll their eyes)

Philip: BENNY, YOU'RE DIRT TO THEM BECAUSE YOU WENT BACK ON YOUR PROMISE! Such a crappy friend...

Madison: Oh, poor Collins! He got beat up!

Heather M.: Strangers, landlords, lovers, blood cells? How would a person's blood cells betray?

Me: Four of the characters have HIV or AIDS, and it is much more serious during the time period the musical is set, which is in the late 1980s, during the AIDS epidemic. People didn't know much about the facts.

[Timeskip to You Okay, Honey?]

Anna of Cleves: Who's this new character?

Me: Angel. He tends to Collins' after he got beaten up.

Veronica: Wow... two people bonding over the fact that they have AIDS...

[Timeskip to Tune Up 3]

Benny: Oh, poor Roger...

Me: Yep. His girlfriend left him to deal with his disease. Alone... [A/N: Roger is the third character revealed to have HIV/AIDS.]

Angelica: He's become reclusive, I can tell...

[Timeskip to One Song Glory]

Hamilton: Heh... this guy and I would be great friends.

Peggy: Yeah, I can see some similarities.

Me: Yeah, both men want to leave something behind before they die...

Heather C. and Veronica: They both imagine death so much it feels more like a memory... WHA! (They back away from each other)

Me: I LOVE YOU ADAM PASCAL!

[Timeskip to Light My Candle]

Me: Whoo! Mimi is in the house!

Vanessa: The iconic "Light My Candle" scene...

Nina: Wait, she's shivering, and sweating... is she a junkie?

Me: Correct. She is a heroin addict and exotic dancer.

Burr: "They say that I have the best a** below 14th street?" That's... an interesting thing to say to a person you've only met for the first time...

Eliza: Language!

Nina: Wait, she's nineteen?

Benny: Well, you could say...

Hamilton: Don't say it! Only I get to say it!

Benny and Nina:..that she's only nineteen, but her mind is older!

Everyone except Hamilton: [Cracks up]

Hamilton: Dadgummit.

[Timeskip to Voicemail 2]

Hamilton: Oh, both of Joanne's parents are lawyers/judges!

Me: Yep.

[Timeskip to Today 4 U]

Madison: Wait... HER beat? Isn't Angel a guy?

Me: Oh yeah. One thing about Angel I didn't mention. He is a drag queen.

Anne Boleyn: What's that?

Me: A man that wears women's clothes and makeup.

Jane Seymour: Wait... he killed a dog! (Gasps) Oh no!

Daniela: But somehow, I feel like I like this guy nonetheless.

Me: Yeah. That's Angel for you.

Angelica: AND he got $1,000!

[Timeskip to You'll See]

J.D.: Ew! Benny's here again!

Eliza: While that WAS a bit disrespectful, yes, I don't think he is that good of a person...

Me: "You can't quietly wipe out an entire tent city then watch "It's a Wonderful Life" on TV" is my favorite Roger line!

[Timeskip to Tango: Maureen]

Angelica: Huh... Maureen cheated on Mark AND ON JOANNE... NOW WHO DOES THAT REMIND US OF?!

Everyone: (Points to Hamilton)

Hamilton: Really?

Burr: Alright, guys, parody starts now! HE CHEATED!

Jefferson: He cheated!

Burr: Alex cheated!

Jefferson: F***IN' CHEATED!

Madison: His wife's defeated, he should give up right now...

Me: All right, guys, that's enough!

[Timeskip to Life Support]

Jane Seymour: Oh no... this is a bit sad!

Me: Yep, it is. At the time, having HIV/AIDS was basically a death sentence.

[Timeskip to Out Tonight]

Me: WHOOOOO! Best solo in the show!

Carla: Who are your top Mimis?

Me: Renée Elise Goldsberry is my favorite. the others are Rosario Dawson, Daphne Rubin Vega, Sun-Ah Jung, and Tamyra Grey.

Veronica:...WE DON'T NEED ANY MONEEEEY!

Me: I ALWAYS GET IN FOR FREE!

Me and Veronica: YOU CAN GET IN TOO IF YOU GET IN WITH ME! LET'S GO OUUUUUUUT TONIGHT! I HAVE TO GO OUUUUUUT TONIGHT! YOU WANNA PLAY, LET'S RUN AWAY, WE WON'T BE BACK BEFORE IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY! TAKE ME OUT TONIGHT!

Daniela: So the original Mimi is playing me in the In The Heights movie! I can't wait to see her play me!

Burr: Wait, she's seducing someone?

Me: Yep. Roger.

[Timeskip to Another Day]

Anne Boleyn: Well, Roger's piiiiiiisssed.

Me: Yep.

Veronica: Now I know what is was like to be in JD's position when I tried to... you know...

Peggy: But isn't he coming off a bit too harsh?

Me: The way I see it, yes, Roger could've been a bit less harsh, but I DO understand where he's coming from. Look at it this way. If you were an ex-junkie who is trying to get clean off drugs and is depressed because your partner killed themself, and some rando you first met only a few hours ago barges in your house saying "Yo, let's get high, get drunk, and get laid with me", you would NOT be happy at all, would you. So Mimi is not ENTIRELY blameless.

Veronica: Wait, isn't Mimi singing the same thing the "Life Support" people are singing?

Me: Exactly. It's for foreshadowing purposes.

Veronica: You don't mean...

Me: Yep. She has HIV.

[Timeskip to Will I]

Heather C.: (Tearing up) I'm not crying... you are!

Me: OMG! I didn't know Heather Chandler could DO that!

[Timeskip to On The Street, when the homeless lady starts cussing Mark out]

Eliza: (Gasps) (Covers Philip's ears)

Philip: Ma! I'm nineteen! I've heard WAY worse!

Me: (to myself) The language IS a bit harsh...

[Timeskip to Santa Fe]

Hamilton: Hey, what's wrong with New York?!

Jefferson: This song is a bop! I like that groove!

Everyone: (Singing along) Whooooooooaah! Whooooooooaah!

[Timeskip to I'll Cover You]

Veronica: Wow... this is one of the happier moments...

Me: Just YOU wait until Act 2.

[Timeskip to We're Okay]

King George: Wow, she operates two phones at once? That's cool!

Hamilton: Oh please. I could do that all day.

[Timeskip to Christmas Bells]

Me: Angel... bless his heart...

Peggy: Well, looks like Roger feels bad for how he got upset at Mimi...

Katherine Howard: Ooh! An all skate!

Philip: Oh, so THAT'S Maureen?

Me: Yep. She is played by Idina Menzel in the OBC! You guys all know her as...

Everyone: Elsa!

[Timeskip to Over The Moon]

Everyone: (Confused noises)

(When Maureen has us moo with her)

Everyone: Moooooo....

Hamilton: Moooooo... this is ridiculous... moooo...

King George: Moooo... I agree... moooo...

[Timeskip to La vie Boheme A]

Anna of Cleves: Wow. You were right about Benny being the Burr of the group.

Everyone: TO DAYS OF INSPIRATION PLAYING HOOKY MAKING SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING THE NEED TO EXPRESS TO COMMUNICATE!

Eliza: MUCHO WHAT?!!!! (Covers Philip's ears again)

Me: That's not the worst of it.

Angelica: Wait, Mimi's gonna be clad only in WHAT?! Oh my God...

Me: No kids allowed at THAT performance.

Laurens: Mimi DOES have a point. Why DID Roger invite her if he was gonna ignore her?

Angelica: What's AZT?

Me: It's HIV medicine.

[Timeskip to I Should Tell You]

Me: Yes! My Rent OTP!

Veronica: Heh... she blew the candle out... sounds like something I would do...

[Timeskip to La vie Boheme B]

Heather D.: BENNY PADLOCKED MARK AND ROGER'S APARTMENT?! Jerk.

Me: The "dance" part seems very much like the K-pop industry....

Veronica: Wait, why are they using homophobic slurs like "fa**ot" and "d**e"?

Me: It's okay in this context because the some of the characters singing them would normally be subject to these slurs, and they're owning it, I guess.

[Timeskip to Seasons of Love]

Heather M.: Wow... I didn't know a year had THAT many minutes in it.

Eliza: Yes, we SHOULD measure life in love!

J.D.: WOW! That high note!

[Timeskip to Happy New Year A]

King George: Well, a week passed...

Me: Yep.

Veronica: WHOOO! Angel and Collins here to the rescue!

Everyone: Yay!

[Timeskip to Voicemail 3]

Peggy: Welp, there's Mark's mom again.

Vanessa: His footage made it on TV? Good for him!

Hamilton: Okay, this Alexi Darling person seems a bit pushy, and not in a good way.

[Timeskip to Happy New Year B]

Eliza: Wait, Benny wants a truce?

Heather M.: The more important question is: Mimi's been seeing Benny?

Sonny: Well, at least they make up...

[Timeskip to Take Me Or Leave Me]

Jefferson: This is what Hamilton and Angelica would sing if they were a couple.

Angelica: Yeah, with Hamilton as Maureen and me as Joanne.

Me: I actually wrote a one shot like that!

J.D.: You gotta admit, their harmonies are tight.

[Timeskip to Seasons of Love B and Without You]

Me: This is where things go downhill.

Vanessa: Oh no! Mimi's been using more and more?!

Daniela: At least they realize they need each other...

[Timeskip to Voicemail 4]

Hamilton: Again, this Alexi Darling person is creepy.

[Timeskip to Contact]

Eliza: Uh, what's going on?

Me: The couples are doing.... not PG stuff...OH WAIT! ANGEL'S DYING!!! NOOOOOO!!!

Everyone: NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

(When Collins says the last "It's over")

Everyone: WHYYYYYY?!!!

Usnavi: THIS IS EXACTlY HOW I FELT WHEN I SAW THAT ABUELA PASSED AWAY!

[Timeskip to I'll Cover You (Reprise)]

Veronica: (Sobbing) Now I get why you said "Just you wait until act 2"!

Me: Okay, I have tissues and ice cream for everyone! Let's... let's have a good cry...

Everyone: (Singing along) 525,000 seasons of.... looooooove!

[Timeskip to Halloween]

Jefferson: Welp, Mark sold his soul...

[Timeskip to Goodbye Love]

Heather D.: Welp, Roger's going to Santa Fe... even though he wasn't in that number...

(When Mimi says that Roger is "full of sh*t")

Veronica: Mimi!

Me: Well, Roger DOES have a point....

Nina: Poor Collins....

Anne Boleyn: Oh no! Mark and Roger are arguing too!

Me: I also feel bad for Mimi... being left to deal with her disease alone...

[Timeskip to What You Own]

Usnavi: Wow! A simultaneous artistic epiphany!

Me: Cool right! And in the movie version, by the end of the number, they meet up and they hug!

Eliza: Well I'm glad that Roger found his song!

[Timeskip to Voicemail 5]

Veronica: Mimi's mom's part is my last two brain cells on a test.

Heather M.: Same.

[Timeskip to Finale A]

Usnavi: So a year has gone by...

Hamilton: And Roger found his song.

Me: Yep.

J.D.: OH NO! MIMI'S DYING!

Veronica: IF MIMI DIES, I'M SUING! I DON'T WANT MORE ANGST!

[Timeskip to Your Eyes]

Me: Awwww....

Heather C.: THIS is the song he's been spending a year on?

Me: Hey! You were doing such a great job on not being disrespectful!

Heather C.: Sometimes I just gotta be me...nuh!

Virgil: (Somewhere in the distance) (Shudders)

(When Roger sings Mimi's name)

Everyone: PLEASE!!!! PLEASEE!!! LET HER SURVIVE!

[Timeskip to Finale B]

Daniela: She's back!

Everyone: WHOOOOOOO!

Carla: And Angel sent her back! That's why he's my favorite character!

Me: Yeah!

(Everyone sings along to the last chorus. Then the music ends)

Me: So what did you guys think about Rent?

Veroncia: I loved it so much!

Jane Seymour: Yeah, but it was a bit of an emotional roller coaster!

Carla: Yeah.

Eliza: It WAS a bit too raunchy for my taste, but I like the message!

Me: Yeah, I wouldn't show this to anyone under 15. Okay, that's all the time we have for today! Feel free to comment, request, and vote!

Everyone: PEACE OUT!