Anthony Rapp Autobiographical Solo Show Without You Opens Off-Broadway January 25 | Playbill

Off-Broadway News Anthony Rapp Autobiographical Solo Show Without You Opens Off-Broadway January 25

Based on the Rent star's memoir, the musical plays New World Stages.

Anthony Rapp Russ Rowland

Anthony Rapp's autobiographical solo show Without You officially opens Off-Broadway at New World Stages' Stage 5 January 25, the 27th anniversary of the first public performance of Rent at New York Theatre Workshop. The run, which began January 14, will continue through April 30.

Based on his best-selling memoir of the same name, Without You features music from Jonathan Larson's Rent along with original songs by Anthony Rapp, David Matos, Joe Pisapia, and Daniel A. Weiss; and additional arrangements by Tom Kitt. The show picks up as Rapp, broke and working at Starbucks, gets an audition for a new rock opera, going on to tell the story of the early days of the landmark musical.

READ: Anthony Rapp Rates Andrew Garfield's Jonathan Larson Impression: It's Like 'Encountering a Ghost'

Steven Maler is at the helm with Weiss serving as music director, along with providing orchestrations. The creative team also includes scenic and lighting designer Eric Southern, costume designer Angela Vesco, sound designer Brian Ronan, and projection designer David Bengali. Denise Savas is production stage manager.

Lisa Dozier with Royal Family Productions, Cue to Cue Productions, Ryohei Otani/Motoko Kimura, Brian J. Heck/Harish Karthikeyan, Jason Turchin/Shimmy Braun, Charlotte Cohn, Abigail E. Disney, and Kim Vasquez are producing, along with creative producer Chris Henry. LDK Productions' Lisa Dozier and Michael Shannon are general managers.

Without You played a world premiere engagement at Pittsburgh's City Theatre in 2008. In the years since, the show has played Boston, Edinburgh Fringe, London, and more. The Off-Broadway bow follows earlier NYC engagements at Joe's Pub and Royal Family Performing Arts Space, the latter in 2022. An album of the show was released by PS Classics in 2012.

Visit WithoutYouMusical.com.

 
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