A Refreshing Homage in an Age of Snark and Solipsism

Although there are moments when the tributes and confessions in ‘Anthony Rapp’s Without You’ threaten to become treacly, the affection that fuels this deeply personal work is infectious.

Russ Rowland
Anthony Rapp stars in ‘Anthony Rapp's Without You.’ Russ Rowland

Depending on your reading habits and areas of interest, you likely know Anthony Rapp primarily as either one of the original stars of the Pulitzer Prize-winning hit musical “Rent” and its screen adaptation, or as the guy who accused Kevin Spacey of making sexual advances toward him when Mr. Rapp was 14, setting in motion the chain of events that would essentially end the older actor’s career in disgrace.

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