Following a recent performance of Anthony Rapp's autobiographical solo show Without You at Off-Broadway's New World Stages, Tony nominee Jenn Colella—who co-starred with Rapp in Broadway's If/Then—joined the original Rent star for a duet of that Pulitzer Prize-winning musical's "Take Me or Leave Me."
Watch the two Broadway favorites belt out the Jonathan Larson showstopper below:
Based on Anthony Rapp's best-selling memoir of the same name, Without You features music from Larson's Rent along with original songs by 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.
Performances began January 14 and will continue through April 30. Check out reviews for the solo show here.
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.
Lee Moretti, Clerida Eltime, Daniel A. Weiss, Anthony Rapp, Paul Gil, and Jerry Marotta
Andy Theodorou, Chris Henry, and Katie Avebe
Ralph Macchio and Julia Macchio
Daniel A. Weiss, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Anthony Rapp, Michael Greif, and Fredi Walker-Browne at the opening of Without You Off-Broadway
Lisa Dozier, Anthony Rapp, Chris Henry, and Steven Maler
Lisa Dozier and Mark Shacket
Team LDK
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Ken Ithiphol and Anthony Rapp
Julie Larson and Anthony Rapp
Jason Williams and Charlotte Cohn
Jeffrey Vinik and Joshua Vinik
Jaime Lee Kirchner and Lee Moretti
Fredi Walker-Browne
Steven Maler
Deirdre Lovejoy, Camryn Manheim, and Maddie Corman
David Bengali
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Daphne Rubin-Vega and Michael Greif
Daniel A. Weiss
David Matos
Harish Karthikeyan and Brian J. Heck
Anthony Rapp
Anthony Rapp with the cast of RENT from The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
Anthony Rapp, Lisa Dozier, and Chris Henry
Anthony Rapp and Daphne Rubin-Vega
Guests attending opening night of Without You
Anthony Rapp
