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We Don't Need To Love Him - But We Do: Anthony Rapp Talks About If/Then

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    If/Then is a new musical that began previews at The Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City last night.

With music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, and directed by Michael Greif, the show reunites the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning team who created 2009’s Next to Normal. The production further reunites Greif with acclaimed actors, Idina Menzel and Anthony Rapp. 

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Anthony Rapp and Idina Menzel at The Cutting Room 2/13/14

  The three previously worked together on the hit Pulitzer and Tony award winning musical, Rent, by Jonathan Larson. The cast of If/Then also features LaChanze - the Tony Award winning star of the musical adaptation of The Color Purple.

Anthony Rapp’s other Broadway credits are You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Six Degrees of Separation, and Precious Sons. He has numerous other stage and screen credits including Adventures in Babysitting, Dazed and Confused, and the film adaptation of Rent.

Sarah has been a public radio producer for over fifteen years. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing.
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