letter #2
charlotte.com forum

I'm a 51-year-old ex-New Yorker who considers herself open-minded and humanitarian. I still like sex and rock 'n' roll, but I've grown tired of having the drug culture "shoved up my nose,'' particularly at $50 a seat.

Aside from several good performances, "Rent'' could have won its Tonys because of either a sympathy vote after the untimely death of composer Jonathan Larson or a simple lack of competition that year.

Has anyone taken a head count at "Rent'' after intermission in "middle America''? Many people were leaving the parking deck of the Blumenthal Tuesday night -- and I was one of them!