Anthony Rapp in Teen People

[Musical_nerd]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 6:08pm

Page 56.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 6:10pm

any pics you can put on here?

[Chenofan #1]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 6:15pm

I stopped reading Teen People when I was 12.


Why was he there?

Posted: 1/3/06 at 6:18pm

That's what I was wondering Cheno. Why is he in Teen People?

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 6:20pm

Because he's cool like that.


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[Chenofan #1]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 6:24pm

That's a better reason then I could ever come up with.




I want to read his memoir!

Updated On: 1/3/06 at 06:24 PM

[Musical_nerd]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 6:37pm

Teen People is like my guilty pleasure. I'm glad Anthony Rapp is getting some space. :)

[Tanssia]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 7:52pm

Smart choice for PR. I hope he gets some space in non-teen audience magazines too. Either way, nice article and pictures.

[Jon]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 7:55pm

How many 35 year old men get featured in Teen People?

[justagirl2]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 7:56pm

He seems very honest. I'll have to add his book onto my list of 10000000 books I need to read.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 8:03pm

I think a lot of the stuff the book addresses -- while being important for any age bracket -- are in some ways especially so for teenagers. I suppose that there are few things that deal with themes so heavy as loss that are quite so accessible to a younger(ish) age bracket. Plus, Anthony was younger than thirty-four during the events of the book, and it's not unknown that the people who connect to Rent most deeply *are* young.

Edited because I made a mistake on Anthony's age. Bad Emcee. (Sorry, Anthony!)

Updated On: 1/4/06 at 08:03 PM

[Tanssia]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 8:06pm

Agreed, Emcee. It doesn't matter how old the subject is, matters who the intendend audience is. And a huge audience segment for RENT - and, in turn, Anthony's book - skews young.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 8:08pm

I read it, and to be quite honest, I don't know that I'd let a thirteen year-old read it, going by some parts. I think it's going to shock his younger fans, as well as the camp of fans who think they look up to pure perfection.

I don't think the book is in ANY way immature, or that it's even accurate to say exactly that its target audience is young, but this IS something that because of who it is, young people will take interest in. If they're fans of his work, they've taken interest in his life. And now he's putting that story out there.

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[Tanssia]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 8:12pm

And therein lies the twist. From what i've seen in these boards and his tv appearances, the material is for a mature audience. I wouldn't go as far as discount teen maturity, but hopefully it will be understood that this is not RENT, it's am honest memoir of an actor.

[LariTheLoud]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 8:27pm

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=876654&boardname=off&dt=010306071022

Emcee's and my own complete thoughts on the book.

I agree with Emcee's words above, really. It's definitely going to shock a certain camp of Anthony's fans, and I really hope they don't decide to take it the wrong way. I keep saying it again and again: I seriously, seriously admire Anthony for putting his life out there like this. It's quite a courageous step.

[Musical_nerd]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 9:13pm

I'm 13, but I'd like to think of myself as mature enough to read this book.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 9:15pm

Goes without saying that it depends on the individual. Some of it IS quite heavy and a bit graphic, but I'm sorry for making a generalization like that.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 9:49pm

I'm kind of suprised there was no Adventures in Babysitting mention or picture. Might have gotten some more readers to think "Hey, it's that one dude, maybe I should check out this book" (or just Rent in general)

[opiv]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 10:20pm

i would hope that people that truly admire him and look up to him wouldnt change there minds because of the book. i can hardly wait to read it

[eslgr8]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 10:25pm

“(Coming out publicly is) a personal choice. But when you have something at stake like teen suicide--which often can be linked to struggling with sexuality--if you’re silent, you’re in some ways complicit with the problems continuing.”

Thank you Anthony, for stating so clearly one of the reasons why it is so important it is for a celebrity to be open and positive about his/her sexual orientation.

Because of you, many 20somethings were inspired in their teen years to hang on and be proud, and with the release of the film version of Rent, and articles like this one in Teen People, you can continue to inspire a new generation of gay teens.

Silence can equal death.

[Broadway_Baby]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 10:28pm

I simply cannot wait to read this!


Anthony is a beautiful, emotionally-charged writer and from what I've heard, this book seems to make such a strong connection with the reader. His raw, blatant approach is what particularly appeals to me.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 10:29pm

Opiv, I don't think that any mind-changing by Anthony's fans due to the book would be particularly negative. I think people are going to be a little bit shocked by the extreme intimacy of the portrait the book paints, but I also think that people are going to admire his honesty, and ability to put himself out there -- to be critical of himself, and of his actions. As I see it, they're going to admire him *more* and feel *more* connected to him after this. I don't think they're going to be like "ew, he smoked pot and punched someone? I HATE HIM NOW!" But, it might rock a few fangirl brains, because he doesn't pretend he's never been wrong.

Updated On: 1/3/06 at 10:29 PM

[cturtle]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 10:44pm

when i first came out, i used to love lookin' at the boyz in those teen mags

[opiv]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 10:48pm

i understand, and admire him so much already for writing this and putting it out. it sounds like its really good, and im very excited about reading it.

[jeremykushnier1fan]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 11:11pm

Maybe this should have been in a different magazine but i'll buy it none the less!