Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent
by Anthony Rapp
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Author: Anthony RappEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-31
ISBN: 0743269772
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Book Review: Touching
Summary: 5 Stars
Having just finished this book about 30 seconds ago, I couldn't decide whether to rate it 4 or 5 stars. I will list what I loved and what I didn't love as much, and you can decide if this book is for you.
In all honesty, I wasn't crazy about the incredibly detailed descriptions of his sexual encounters. I believe some private things should be kept private, so that was difficult to read (though I wouldn't recommend skipping these pages, because you may miss something important). I also would have appreciated more stories about the people and production of Rent. Parts of the novel seemed to drag as he went on and on about some personal things.
However, I couldn't help but admire Anthony Rapp's incredible honesty and profound sincerity. He definitely does not present himself as a perfect person, and shows absolute humility in presenting his flaws and missteps right along with his success. He always has a life lesson to share, and explains it without being "holier than thou." In addition, the stories he DID share about the cast and production of Rent were very enjoyable, especially those about Jonathan Larson.
I'm not sure if I would recommend this to anyone who is not a Rent fan. However, I am definitely recommending this to my fellow Rent-heads!
Summary of Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the 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.
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