Anthony Rapp as Seymour

#1

Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 7:01pm

Could anyone tell me when/where/for how long Anthony Rapp played Seymour? Also: if you happened to know who played Audrey & Mr. Mushnik with him?


thanks!

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#2

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 7:06pm

All I know is that he left the tour for the filming of the RENT movie. And I *think* he started in '98, but don't hold me to that.

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#3

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 7:11pm

According to my program insert (from sometime last year) Tari Kelly (www.TariKelly.com) played Audrey, and Lenny Wolpe played Mushnick. Both (as far as I know) are still with the tour (if it's even still running).

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#4

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 7:13pm

Anthony started what in '98? He was with the tour from August-December 2004.

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#5

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 7:21pm

you are 100% right. i just visited her website and all the info is there, including pictures. i still can't believe anthony played seymour. i would have given anything to have seen him.

thank you!

(according to imdb.com, he was touring through 2004 on the national tour of lsoh, up until filming for rent started)

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#6

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 7:21pm

Nope, Tari left the tour on 11/13 and Lenny left the tour a long time ago.

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#7

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 8:13pm

Gah, I told you not to hold me to it. I don't know *where* I got 1998 from. Oh well, you learn something new everyday I guess

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#8

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 8:18pm

What an amazing tour....if it's still run, it's definitely not something you wanna miss!

#9

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 8:22pm

I had the privilege of seeing Anthony Rapp as Seymour in 2004, and he was simply stunning! I loved every minute of seeing him as Seymour on stage. And the Audrey was great too! I visited the tour when it was in San Deigo in December.

Audrey was played by Tari Kelly
Mushnik was played by Lenny Wolpe

Updated On: 1/12/06 at 08:22 PM

#10

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 8:39pm

He was great at Symore and such a nice person at the stage door.

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#11

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 8:46pm

I saw Anthony as Seymour in July at the SD stop on the tour, He was awesome and keep a lookout for Tari Kelly who played Audrey - she is going to be a big star someday. The cast all around was really good except for Oren, I thought he was miscast.

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#12

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 8:49pm

I LOVED his interpretation of Seymour. That is such a fun show to see. I keep kicking myself in the face, though, because I did not stage door.

#13

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 9:11pm

i think he may beat hunter, as my favorite seymour. he was fantastic! i am such a huge anthony rapp fan, i think i would die if i met him. has anyone else met him? what's he like?

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#14

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/12/06 at 11:59pm

I don't get why people "can't believe that Anthony played Seymour". Why is that so hard to believe? Now if you said you can't believe he played Hedwig or Henry V, that would make more sense.

#15

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/13/06 at 12:07am

as soon as I saw this thread, I thought, wow, that would be a GREAT role for him. too bad I never got to see it. Le sigh. Would it be too much to hope that maybe they made a recording I could listen to?

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#16

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/13/06 at 12:19am

He was an absolute riot and such a cute Seymore at the San Francisco stop (2004). Tari Kelley was top-notch too!

#17

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/13/06 at 12:45am

Anthony was gone by the time I saw it in April... Tari Kelly was amazing, however!

#18

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/13/06 at 1:37am

Can anyone tell me more about Tari Kelly, I love her website, its got so much stuff. Anyone know what Poop: The Musical & Little Mary Sunshine (any relation to Reefer Madness or Chicago) are or what happened to them.

#19

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:48pm

when i said "i can't believe anthony played seymour", i didn't mean it in a character match-up way. i simply meant i can't believe he played it and i didn't get to see him. he's a perfect seymour.

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#20

re: Anthony Rapp as Seymour

Posted: 1/13/06 at 6:26pm

I saw him as Seymour last October in LA and he was amazing! The whole cast was amazing.