false 177230 4 Anthony Rapp had a special feeling about Jonathan Larson's rock musical <I>Rent</i> as early as his first audition, which won him a starring role as the video artist Mark Cohen. The Pulitzer Prize-winning <I>Rent</i> opened to thunderous acclaim off-Broadway -- but even as friends and family were celebrating the show's first success, they were also mourning Jonathan Larson's sudden death from an aortic aneurysm. And when Anthony's mom began to lose her battle with cancer, Anthony found himself struggling to balance his life in the theater with his responsibility to his family.<P><P>In <I>Without You,</i> Anthony tells of his exhilarating journey with the cast and crew of Rent as well as the intimacies of his personal life behind the curtain. Marked by fledgling love and devastating loss, <I>Without You</i> is an exceptional memoir of the world of theater, the love of a son for his mother, and maturity won far too early.<P><P> 2705 31 10 2006 Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent total:665|5:197|4:245|3:173|2:43|1:7| 665 2577 936 135 4 2 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 22:58:36 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 23:03:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 4 false true Mon Jan 14 00:50:21 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 21 18:11:32 -0700 2008 4 1 false true Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 18:56:25 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 05:41:53 -0700 2008 I guess I picked up this book expecting it to be more about his life as a Rent cast member, and there is certainly some of that. I was gripped mainly...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 17:47:41 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 16:26:07 -0700 2008
That being said, I found the actual writing of this memoir almost p...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 16:18:32 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 16:40:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 20:16:54 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 14:51:18 -0700 2009 This book should not have included "and the Musical Rent" in the title, because I honestly felt that he touched very little on the subje...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 17:14:30 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 13:01:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 20:45:32 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 07:00:01 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 14:55:34 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 15:09:45 -0700 2009 Rent and had the opportunity to meet Anthony Rapp. We ran to the stage door immediately following the show hoping that there was a small chance he would come out to sign autographs. He came out and he was so gracious wit...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 18 13:37:05 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 13:45:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 11:23:57 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 07:34:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 09:02:40 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 27 08:15:52 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 28 14:30:53 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 14:30:53 -0800 2009 1 Rent, it's also a story about family and identity.

The book juxtaposes Rapp's involvement in Rent with the illness his mother suffers in the form of cancer. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 13 21:35:20 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 10 19:25:46 -0700 2009
Also true: not so long ago, I had the opportunity to work with Anthony Rapp on an Off-Broadway proj...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 14 21:36:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 12:31:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 06:49:28 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 06:44:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 10:43:17 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 10:43:17 -0700 2009
According to this book, you can measure it in about 325 pages.

I love the behind the scenes stories from the early days of RENT, but could have lived without some of the details of Anthony Rapp's personal lif...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 10 12:21:21 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 12:35:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 31 16:02:36 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 05 15:18:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 18:43:57 -0800 2009 Fri May 29 13:35:37 -0700 2009 Rent. I throw that in the face of the occupants of my family tree. I have a favorite musical. That's right, a musical. An opera even. How does that feel?

Rent is merely a secondary player in this book, a walk on, if you will. Anthony Rapp gives plenty of insider information and pai...more...]]>