Without You Without You

Without You

A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent

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Publisher Description

The New York Times bestselling memoir of Anthony Rapp, star of Broadway's Pulitzer Prize–winning musical Rent.

Anthony Rapp had a special feeling about Jonathan Larson's rock musical Rent as early as his first audition, which won him a starring role as the video artist Mark Cohen. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent 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.

In Without You, 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, Without You is an exceptional memoir of the world of theater, the love of a son for his mother, and maturity won far too early.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2006
October 31
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Simon & Schuster
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
975.4
KB

Customer Reviews

Aisling McDermott ,

Amazing

Anthony Rapp is probably most famous for his role of Mark in Rent and here is a book that tells Rent fans a bit about the life of their favorite film maker and what it was like putting the show together. Anthony is such a great writer, he actually makes you feel all the excitement, grief, and happiness that he felt through out the events in the book. This is a must read for any Anthony Rapp or Rent fan!

RachSar1125 ,

Wow

I remember the first time I saw rent. Anthony was not there that night and I realize now that he was probably in the midst of the aftermath of his mom's death. I love the show so much, and what it represented in my life, but I never thought too much about the actors playing the roles and what might have been going on backstage, besides the budding romance of Idina and Taye.
For anyone who has ever seen the show or saw the movie, this book is a must read.
Thank you for sharing your story with us and I only wish I read it earlier.

Chattyaddy09 ,

Amazing!!!!

Absolutely loved this book!!!

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