Episode #51: Anthony Rapp

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Viva la vie bohéme! Sofia chats with the LEGENDARY Anthony Rapp (Rent, Star Trek: Discovery, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, If/Then, Six Degrees of Separation)!!! Anthony is best known for his iconic origination of the role of Mark Cohen in the revolutionary Broadway phenomenon Rent, and reprised his role in its West End production, as well as its 2005 film adaptation. Anthony has also starred onstage as Charlie Brown in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Lucas in If/Then, Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors, Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, King Henry V in Henry V, The King and I, and The Little Prince and the Aviator. He has starred on television in Adventures in Babysitting, Six Degrees of Separation and Dazed and Confused. Anthony has toured around the world with his solo show Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss and the Musical Rent, as well as his many concert performances with Adam Pascal, including Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp: Acoustically Speaking. He released his solo album “Look Around” in 2000. Anthony is the co-founder and organizer of the musical theatre fan convention BroadwayCon alongside Melissa Anelli of Mischief Management. Anthony currently stars as Lieutenant Commander Paul Stamets on Star Trek: Discovery on CBS. Anthony and I discuss his memories from Rent, filming Rent Live!, the origin story of BroadwayCon, his role on Star Trek: Discovery, the characters that he would play in a Star Trek musical and much more! You can catch Anthony on television in Star Trek: Discovery, which recently wrapped up its second season.

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