{"product_id":"9780743288675","title":"Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent","description":"\u003cb\u003eAnthony Rapp captures the passion and grit unique to the theatre world as he recounts his life-changing experience in the original cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical \u003ci\u003eRent.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Anthony had a special feeling about Jonathan Larson's rock musical from his first audition, so he was thrilled when he landed a starring role as the filmmaker Mark Cohen. With his mom's cancer in remission and a reason to quit his newly acquired job at Starbucks, his life was looking up. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e opened to thunderous acclaim off Broadway, Rapp and his fellow cast members knew that something truly extraordinary had taken shape. But even as friends and family were celebrating the show's success, they were also mourning Jonathan Larson's sudden death from an aortic aneurysm. By the time \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e made its triumphant jump to Broadway, Larson had posthumously won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize. When Anthony's mom began to lose her battle with cancer, he struggled to balance the demands of life in the theatre with his responsibility to his family. Here, Anthony recounts the show's magnificent success and his overwhelming loss. He also shares his first experiences discovering his sexuality, the tension it created with his mother, and his struggle into adulthood to gain her acceptance. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Variously marked by fledgling love and devastating loss, piercing frustration and powerful enlightenment, \u003ci\u003eWithout You\u003c\/i\u003e charts the course of Rapp's exhilarating journey with the cast and crew of \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the intimacies of his personal life behind the curtain.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126416916720,"sku":"9780743288675","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780743288675_p0.jpg?v=1763639056","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780743288675","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}