“Anthony Rapp has written a courageous, brutally honest memoir that breaks new ground in writing about the constantly changing arena of the American family experience.”

“No roar-of-the-crowd, smell-of-the-greasepaint scrapbook; it’s a sprawling tear-streaking life story and unabashedly sentimental ode to his mother…[Rapp’s] voice is unpretentious and unfailingly honest.”

“Beautifully written…[Without You] shows that a life story truthfully told can be stranger (as well as more touching) than fiction.”

“The tragic, compelling backstory to Rent extends the book’s appeal far beyond the show’s fans.”

“Pitch-perfect…a book for everyone who has experienced great loss, [and] for anyone who has survived and grown because of that loss.”

“Absorbing, warm and hopeful, the book celebrates a man, his work and a generation struggling with AIDS but determined to survive.”

“[Rapp] delves deeply, with real emotion, into the making of a blockbuster show, providing details that any show-biz buff will adore…the climax is a tearjerker.”

“Rapp here makes an impressive debut as a writer, bringing a keen actor’s sense of detail, timing, and pathos to the page…Writing with painful sensitivity…he reaches a deep, affecting level of personal expression. A hit.”

“Heartbreakingly beautiful, a contemporary portrait of an artist as a young man.”