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And this time, it’s with original Broadway cast member Gwen Stewart, the Seasons of Love soloist who belts out that ridiculously high note at the end of said song. Oh, and Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp also reprise their OBC roles as Roger and Mark, respectively. While these two are heralded as the stars of the show - and yes, they do deliver with the electric performances that helped to turn RENT into the most exciting Broadway production 13 years ago - this incarnation of the show, as is always the case, finds its strength in the ensemble.

FILM: Gary Hustwit, the director of the hip documentary Helvetica presents his second hip documentary, Objectified, which is about "our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability." Through vérité footage and in-depth conversations, the film documents the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential product designers, and looks at how the things they make impact our lives. The screening runs through Sunday.

The kids over at The Daily Clog bring to our attention this festive Bollywood film, Vaaranam Aayiram (2008), that was shot in Berkeley, the Cal campus, and San Francisco. While the English dubbing barely masks some sort of nonsense language, the real treat here is the seamlessly-choreographed and air guitar-infused Tamil song and dance number featuring Berkeley landmarks and the SF waterfront.

Why have Coit Tower, the Ferry Building, and City Hall literally turned green? According to SF Citizen, it's in honor of the third return of the popular Stephen Schwartz musical Wicked. The "untold story of the witches of Oz" is based off of the popular book by Gregory Maguire novel. The musical version got its start here in San Francisco when it made its out-of-town premiere at the Currran many moons ago, and went off to New York to win several Tony Awards and gain a rabid cult following from enraptured fangirls.

On Saturday night, sitting front and center at the Duncan Sheik musical, , we couldn't help but draw comparisons between the show's plot and this year's most vital presidential election. The show has a haunting relevance to the issues that have been looping nonstop on CNN. More of the same vs. change we can believe in. Curmudgeonly adults vs. a hopeful, vibrant youth.

Famous for being Katherine Hepburn's first and last Broadway musical (at 3:06 you'll see why), Alan Jay Lerner and André Previn's play about designer (and alleged Nazi sympathizer) Coco Chanel, Coco, gets a second chance this Saturday. Set in the mid '50s when Chanel was considered a has-been, Coco decides to make a return to the world of high fashion. And, according to Wikipedia, "with her new collection derided by the critics, she faces bankruptcy until buyers from four major American department stores - Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's, Best & Company, and Ohrbach's - place orders with her."

We think it would be more Schönberg and Boublil than, say, Sondheim or Herman, but who are we to say? Anyway, check out yet another Rambo poster attack.