#msuical theater review

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Theatre Review: Anthony Rapp's Without You (New World Stages, Off-Broadway) ★★★★

As Anthony Rapp reflects at the start of his poignant one-man show Without You—breaking from the opening bars of “Seasons of Love”—it’s been half a lifetime since he originated the life-changing, career-defining role of videographer Mark Cohen in Jonathan Larson’s Rent. The seminal La Bohème-inspired “rock opera” (a phrase that Rapp admits initially “didn’t exactly fill him with confidence”) by…

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Theatre Review: Titanique (Daryl Roth Theatre, New York) ★★★★

As I prepared to step aboard the good ship Titanique (currently docked at New York’s Daryl Roth Theatre), I had a sinking feeling—not due to a fear of icebergs—but because I thought I’d already seen enough Off-Broadway comedy musicals to last for a lifetime. Turns out this one is different. It’s a loving parody of the epic movie Titanic—which will receive a twenty fifth anniversary cinema…