Meet Anthony Rapp
Discussing and signing
Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss and the Musical Rent (Simon & Schuster, $14)
Thursday, December 10, 2:30pm
Books & Books, Miami Beach
At Design Within Reach Studio, 927 Lincoln Road
Anthony Rapp is best known for creating the role of Mark Cohen in Rent’s original workshop, off-Broadway, Broadway, Chicago and London productions. He also appeared in the feature film version. Other Broadway credits include: Precious Sons (Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk nomination), Six Degrees of Separation and the revival of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Off-Broadway credits include: Some Americans Abroad; Rent (Obie Award for ensemble, NYTW); Raised in Captivity (Vineyard); Trafficking in Broken Hearts (Atlantic Theatre Co.); Sophistry (Playwrights Horizons); The Destiny of Me; Private Jokes, Public Places; and Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell. Regional credits include: Little Shop of Horrors (first nat. tour); his brother Adam’s plays Nocturne (Berkeley Rep) and Gompers (Pittsburgh’s City Theatre); and the title roles in Henry V (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.) and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (City Theatre). Film and television credits include: Love And Other Impossible Pursuits, Adventures in Babysitting, School Ties, Dazed and Confused, Six Degrees of Separation, David Searching, Man of the Century, Road Trip, A Beautiful Mind (SAG nomination for ensemble), Winter Passing, Open House, “The Lazarus Man,” “The X-Files,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “Kidnapped.” Over the last several years, in addition to his work as an actor, Anthony has released a solo CD entitled Look Around; joined the board of directors for Friends In Deed; lectured and taught extensively at schools around the country; and directed the South African premiere of Rent in Johannesburg.
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