Cabaret & Concert NewsOriginal Rent Stars Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal Set 54 Below Return
The Broadway favorites will again offer Celebrating Friendship & History at the intimate Manhattan venue.
By
Andrew Gans
August 14, 2025
Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal
Monica Simoes
Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, who created the roles of, respectively,
Roger and Mark in the original Broadway production of the Tony-winning
musical Rent, will return to 54 Below next year with their concert evening titled Celebrating Friendship & History.
Following previously sold-out engagements, the duo will perform January 10-13, 2026, at the intimate Manhattan venue. All performances
begin at 7 PM.
Attendees can expect songs from various projects throughout the
actors' careers, music that has influenced their lives, and a few of the
hits from Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent.
In a recent interview with Playbill, Pascal spoke about his long friendship with his Rent co-star, explaining, "I’m so grateful for the relationship that Anthony
and I have, and have had, all of these years. We still love to perform
together, and people seem to want to see us do that. I’m very grateful
for him and for these shows that he and I have been able to do for all
of these years. We're intimately familiar with each other’s performing
style and how the alchemy of the two of us together works so well."
Pascal has also been seen on Broadway in Pretty Woman: The Musical, Disaster!, Something Rotten!, Memphis, Chicago, and Aida.
Rapp's Broadway credits also include If/Then; You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Six Degrees of Separation; Precious Sons; and The Little Prince and the Aviator.
Patron/Member
presale will begin August 15 at noon. Tickets will go on sale to the general public August 21 at noon. Visit 54Below.org.
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Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Jesse L. Martin
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Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega
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Rodney Hicks, Byron Utley, Kristen Lee Kelly, Gwen Stewart and Timothy Britten Parker
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Original Broadway Cast
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Fredi Walker, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel and Jesse L. Martin
Co-presented with The Grammy Museum, the event came just after the Best Musical winner picked up a 2026 Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album.