Without You, Anthony Rapp
Without You, Anthony Rapp
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Without You

Author: Anthony Rapp

Narrator: Anthony Rapp

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006


Synopsis

Anthony Rapp captures the passion and grit of the theater world as he recounts his lifechanging experience in the original cast of the Pulitzer Prizewinning musical Rent. Marked by fledgling love and devastating loss, piercing frustration and powerful enlightenment, Without You charts the course of Rapps exhilarating journey with the cast and crew of Rent as well as the intimacies of his personal life behind the curtain.

About Anthony Rapp

Anthony Rapp has been acting professionally since he was nine years old. He's best known for originating the role of Mark Cohen in Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning landmark rock opera Rent, taking the show from off Broadway to Broadway, Chicago, and London. He shared an OBIE Award with the rest of the original cast for his performance. He has appeared in numerous films, including Adventures in Babysitting, Dazed and Confused, the Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind, and, most recently, the film adaptation of Rent. In 2000, he released his debut album, Look Around. He lives in New York City with his partner, Rodney To, and their three cats, Emma, Sebastian, and Spike. This is his first book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex on July 22, 2020

The most profoundly honest story of personal growth I've ever read. There's bravery in sharing such intimate moments of your life without flinching from your own flawed, achingly human reactions and thoughts. I wouldn't want to trivialize those moments with my own comments. I'm sure there will be mo......more

Goodreads review by Kathrina on August 25, 2011

Overshare? Why, yes I will, thank you. For a condensed review: This is a great memoir, not just about Rent, but about grief and love and honesty. For way more information about most-likely-irrelevant-to-you connections I made to my own experience, read here...(view spoiler)[I was raised on a steady diet of musical (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Sel on January 21, 2020

I didn't get to fully immerse myself in RENT until the movie was released in 2005. After seeing it at the movie theater, I quickly bought the dvd and consumed all the extras, getting to learn more about the cast and how RENT made it to the stage. This love of RENT led me to Anthony's book. I was int......more

Goodreads review by Tiger on September 20, 2015

So if you go in to this hoping for funny behind the scenes vignettes from working on RENT for so long, this will disappoint you. This is much more a memoir and less a light hearted tell all. Some things you should know before reading this: 1) this review is deeply personal so if you could avoid flam......more