Post Gazette: Anthony Rapp is based in New York and Adam Pascal lives in Los Angeles. So coming together for a series of concerts, like the one at the Byham Theater Thursday, has been one enjoyable mini-reunion after the other for the "Rent" co-stars. The tour has come with long breaks and bursts as other projects demand. For example, Mr. Rapp was in Pittsburgh this summer to play the role of Andy Warhol for a reading of the new musical "Pop!" at City Theatre's Momentum festival. He said last week, and City confirmed, that he will play the role again when the work has its world premiere at City in May 2012.
Friday, September 23, 2011
'Rent' friends, Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, enjoy chance to join for concerts
Post Gazette: Anthony Rapp is based in New York and Adam Pascal lives in Los Angeles. So coming together for a series of concerts, like the one at the Byham Theater Thursday, has been one enjoyable mini-reunion after the other for the "Rent" co-stars. The tour has come with long breaks and bursts as other projects demand. For example, Mr. Rapp was in Pittsburgh this summer to play the role of Andy Warhol for a reading of the new musical "Pop!" at City Theatre's Momentum festival. He said last week, and City confirmed, that he will play the role again when the work has its world premiere at City in May 2012.
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Its always very refreshing when a connection is made between certain performers and their audience; a connection that extends past simply the characters they portray on stage. Now, to see such a duo as Anthony and Adam back together, one can't help but be thrilled by the idea. It would be lovely to see both of them perform outside of their roles in Rent in this concert. This is an opportunity I would have enjoyed to experience. Hopefully the two will join up again later in life to grace the world of theatre once again in their dynamic presence.
This sounds great. I wish I was going to see it, but I have crew that day. The short description in the article about what to expect from the show made me excited for Adam and Anthony--I bet they have a lot of fun with it.
I had no idea Anthony Rapp was going to be in Pop! at City Theatre--that's pretty cool. That's definitely something I'd like to see.
For some reason it's always very enjoyable when two actors who portray friends are friends in real life; I suppose it adds to the believability of the onstage/onscreen friendship. From this article, you can definitely tell that Anthony and Adam have a lot of fun with these intimate concerts, and I'm sure the audience responds very well to that.
This collaboration is awesome. It's great to see two amazing talents such as these guys come together and perform as if they'd seen each other yesterday as next-door neighbors. I also like that the tour was Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal coming together with their own unique styles rather than simply portraying Mark and Roger for the sake of pleasing the "Rent heads". I'm sure they appreciate that their fans love them for their work, all their work, as well as when the duo does end up paying tribute to their characters in RENT for a song or two.
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