{"product_id":"9780743269773","title":"Without You : A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWithout You\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Anthony Rapp\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling memoir of Anthony Rapp, star of Broadway's Pulitzer Prize–winning musical \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Rapp had a special feeling about Jonathan Larson's rock musical \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e as early as his first audition, which won him a starring role as the video artist Mark Cohen.\u003c\/b\u003e The Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e opened to thunderous acclaim off-Broadway—but even as friends and family were celebrating the show's first success, they were also mourning Jonathan Larson's sudden death from an aortic aneurysm. And when Anthony's mom began to lose her battle with cancer, Anthony found himself struggling to balance his life in the theater with his responsibility to his family.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWithout You,\u003c\/i\u003e Anthony tells of his exhilarating journey with the cast and crew of Rent as well as the intimacies of his personal life behind the curtain. Marked by fledgling love and devastating loss, \u003ci\u003eWithout You\u003c\/i\u003e is an exceptional memoir of the world of theater, the love of a son for his mother, and maturity won far too early.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully written...\u003ci\u003e[Without You]\u003c\/i\u003e shows that a life story truthfully told can be stranger (as well as more touching) than fiction.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- William Georgiades, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No roar-of-the-crowd, smell-of-the-greasepaint scrapbook; it's a sprawling, tear-streaked life story and unabashedly sentimental ode to his mother...[Rapp's] voice is unpretentious and unfailingly honest.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- Melissa Rose Bernardo, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The tragic, compelling back story to \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e extends the book's appeal far beyond the show's fans.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- Web Behrens, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pitch-perfect...a book for anyone who has experienced great loss, [and] for anyone who has survived and grown because of that loss.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- David Weigand, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A memoir roiling with personal revelation and uncensored emotion.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- Christine Dolen, \u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743269773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592664821966,"sku":"9780743269773","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_fe4fdac5-28b8-4a65-89c6-4b2e3ed97724.jpg?v=1646948567","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743269773","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}