Anyone else dissapointed with Rapp's performance?

nope. sorry.

For the record, Anthony's Mark has always done the very enthusiastic clap during Seasons of Love. Usually, Anthony's stage presence during scenes when he has no lines is one of the things that impresses me most about his performances.

As for trying too hard, I didn't perceive that from him in the performances that I saw, but as Chloe said, maybe he was having an off night. What did you think were the other instances of his trying too hard?

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Hero worship? Actors are human, they occasionally have "off nights. I don't see how posing it as a possibility is worshiping Anthony. I really am curious in what Mealz thought his weak points were during the performance.

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I disagree. I thought Anthony was excellent - it didn't feel like he was acting, but rather, immersing himself into a character he knows incredibly well. His is a hard act to follow, and it will certainly be strange seeing a different Mark in the future.

Rosscoe, we all look for different things in a performance and perhaps you don't care for Anthony's interpretation of Mark. Rapp has serious fans for good reason, and it can hardly be expected that all performers are completely 100% each show. And I'm not seeing any trend of consistent excuses for Anthony.

Perhaps it was an offnight, since I only got to see him once I do not know.

It's not that I thought he was bad, I just felt a sort of disconnect and wasn't as impressed as I thought I would be.

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I whole-heartly agree with basically everyone that has replied to this thread. I saw Anthony at the beginning of this month when I was in NYC and I was absolutley blown away. I'd never seen RENT on Broadway (but I did see the tour last summer, and while I wasn't impressed with the show as a whole, I was able to take a workshop with the cast and I think they were quite talented). But I've been a big Rapp fan for a while no, so my opinion may be biased, but I think Anthony did fabulously. Not that I didn't love Adam, because I thought he was really great as well... but there was not one second that I found Anthony to be "trying too hard".

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It's not that I thought he was bad, I just felt a sort of disconnect and wasn't as impressed as I thought I would be.

That's totally understandable. I'm just curious as to what you thought he did that he could have done better. Was it just the things you mentioned originally? This is the first negative review I've heard of him so far on the boards, so I'm genuinely interested in your opinion.

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That made me laugh.

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Actually, there's another one of him and Adam where he looks even more like that little kid

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LOL.

Remember this gem?

http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/843081.html

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i love whiteboyspice and i wish fredi would come back too.

Sorry, I wasn't aware the people weren't allowed to have opinions, also I'm not really sure what nagativity is.

Anyway, i had forgotten but I remembered what it was that made my feel less connected. Although i don't have a particular example I felt that throughout the show he seemed to be acting towards almost a younger audience like the way he was trying to humor the crowd and how he narratated. I find that interesting only because thats EXACTLY what I thought when I read his book. Does that make sense? And as for the clapping, I know he's always done it and like in the movie and such I'm used to it, but seeing him w/ the cast that I'm familiar with and watching them being normal and him being a little... spastic? was just an odd look on the stage. Again, I didn't not like it, (As I said before, I was blown away by WYO) I just didn't love it, that's all.
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I searched around to see what other people had said and I came across a comment by a friend of mine, she wrote:

"First of all, he almost never films. He rarely smiles. I understand that he has a different Mark than Hanke, but I thought Hanke's goofiness in the first act made Halloween and Goodbye Love more heartbreaking. He also never stopped acting. Anthony kind of just stands there when he isn't speaking, he doesn't react most of the time. But Anthony's WYO kicks ass. He is very spaztic, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse.

But Adam and Anthony do give off an incredible energy. They're definitely worth seeing, but when I'm watching the show with them, it's the Adam and Anthony show. It isn't Rent."

I disagree with that last statement though, i mean thats true perhaps by the audience's reactions but I definitely thought the show was the same, particularly because I had the honor of watching Kelly Karbacz as Maureen who was incredible and I saw Merle for the first time, who I felt really portrayed the role of Joanne well (even if I do prefer the vocals of Kenna and Tonya)

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