"Artistic director Tracy Brigden has made City Theatre a player in the American theater by offering national talents a creative home-away-from-home, and there's no better example than the Rapps, Adam and Anthony."
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Stage Preview: 'Rent' star premieres autobiographical show at City Theatre
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"Artistic director Tracy Brigden has made City Theatre a player in the American theater by offering national talents a creative home-away-from-home, and there's no better example than the Rapps, Adam and Anthony."
"Artistic director Tracy Brigden has made City Theatre a player in the American theater by offering national talents a creative home-away-from-home, and there's no better example than the Rapps, Adam and Anthony."
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After Rent's huge success on Broadway and film, it's nice to see one of its original characters going out of their way to enlighten the audience further, taking it an extra step and making an autobiography. That was a daring move on Anthony Rapp's part, and his one-man show should be an interesting one to see.
After seeing this show last Saturday, I was talking with some people who were saying that Anthony Rapp was just taking advantage of the huge success of Rent in order to make some more money, and that that was the only reason that some people came to the show: to hear him sing some of the songs from Rent. While unfortunately, I know the second part is true for some people, I believe that this piece of theatre is a lot more than that. A large part of Anthony’s life was Rent (at least it provided a major change in his life), so trying to tell his life story without Rent would be impossible. Also, some of the more effective parts of the show (in my opinion) are the times that he is speaking about his mother (which had absolutely nothing to do with Rent).
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