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5280 Wasted Seconds
by Shannon Christy
@schristy79
Without You is a show loosely dedicated to Anthony Rapp’s success in the musical Rent. Rent opened in New York in 1994 as Rapp's mother was slowly dying of cancer. We are treated to many songs from Rent and some anecdotal stories of his mother’s struggle but the play repeatedly fails to connect with the audience and it ends up feeling as if we are here to look at Anthony and his pain without being able to identify with him or the events he, like so many, has gone through.
There are instances when the magic of theatre almost works but then fails to do so as when Rapp describes how everyone at first avoids talking with his mother about her disease. He seems to feel there should be more honesty when dealing with a sick loved one. However, instead of digging in, he simply goes back to New York to prepare for the Off-Broadway production of Rent… while leaving us with this thought to carry on our own.
