Journal Entry 1 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Saturday, March 01, 2008

Anthony Rapp captures the passion and grit unique to the theatre world as he recounts his life-changing experience in the original cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent.

Anthony had a special feeling about Jonathan Larson's rock musical from his first audition, so he was thrilled when he landed a starring role as the filmmaker Mark Cohen. With his mom's cancer in remission and a reason to quit his newly acquired job at Starbucks, his life was looking up.

When Rent opened to thunderous acclaim off Broadway, Rapp and his fellow cast members knew that something truly extraordinary had taken shape. But even as friends and family were celebrating the show's success, they were also mourning Jonathan Larson's sudden death from an aortic aneurysm. By the time Rent made its triumphant jump to Broadway, Larson had posthumously won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize. When Anthony's mom began to lose her battle with cancer, he struggled to balance the demands of life in the theatre with his responsibility to his family. Here, Anthony recounts the show's magnificent success and his overwhelming loss. He also shares his first experiences discovering his sexuality, the tension it created with his mother, and his struggle into adulthood to gain her acceptance.

Variously marked by fledgling love and devastating loss, piercing frustration and powerful enlightenment, Without You charts the course of Rapp's exhilarating journey with the cast and crew of Rent as well as the intimacies of his personal life behind the curtain. 

Journal Entry 2 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Thursday, May 29, 2008

An unflinchingly honest memoir, I had trouble putting it down because I wanted to keep reading to find out more about Anthony Rapp's journey through this difficult time. 

Journal Entry 3 by karendawn at PaperBackSwap.com in n/a, PaperBackSwap.com -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, June 01, 2008

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Journal Entry 4 by AnonymousFinder at Kandahar Airbase, Kandahar Afghanistan on Thursday, June 16, 2011

I was excited when I came across this book at the MWR. I am not much of a reader but I love, love , love Rent so I had to read it. I enjoyed it very much. You don't often get to hear what goes on behind the scenes but the way Anthony told his story goes straight to the heart. He takes you on his journey with him and as for me I felt all the emotions that he put into this memoir. A very emotional journey it was. It even made me physically cry for the pain he was going through. I will definately recommend this book to all of my Rent loving friends. Thank you Anthony.