Just witnessed the debut of Adam and Anthony: LIVE!

Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp had an early start on their concert tour tonight. It was in a smaller area not very far away from where I live, and it was pretty much in cognito (Only locals knew about it). Their performances were astounding!!!

Adam was joined by his partner Larry Edoff, and sang songs from some of his favorite (and not-so-favorite) musicals, along with a few of his original songs, and of course, "One Song Glory". Larry also sang a song of his own. Adam also sang a tribute to one of his favorite artists, Ronnie James Dio, as well as his Rent audition song for an encore.

After a ten minute intermission, Anthony took the stage. His songs seemed much more upbeat and he was much more active than Adam, but they were both phenomenal. Anthony gave the audience a preview of "Without You", which starts on Monday, along with a few of his favorite songs, among which were "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. and "Creep" by Radiohead. After Anthony finished, he brought Adam back out to sing a duet of "What You Own", before they both left the stage.

Anthony then returned for his own encore, which was a very emotional rendition of "Finale B" from RENT. Adam then emerged from the wings and they both began to sing "Seasons of Love". Even though they flubbed the lyrics a couple times, they sang beautifully and the audience joined in with them. It was a truly remarkable performance by the two.

About 15 minutes after the show, the two emerged to sign autographs and meet the fans. They were both very kind, but quick, because they had to be in New York early in the morning. Anthony even personalized my autograph (I didn't ask him to, he was just that generous). I'll definitely be catching them again once the tour starts!!!!

Updated On: 9/26/10 at 01:20 AM

Seriously, can they not escape this RENT!? xD

Love 'em but they're gonna have to be careful they don't Carol Channing-themelves. Seeing her "Dolly" at 75 or whatever was awesome, but kinda sad.

No, but they DID do another tour of "Rent," and this sounds like it has at least four "Rent" songs.

Patti and Liza sing the same songs over and over and nobody seems to mind!

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Just saw Alec Baldwin....JUST KIDDING!!!

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It was very well done. I liked it much better than U2's version. As we all know, Adam can really hit those high notes...even in places where we aren't expecting them! But it was very emotional, he even said a bit before he began about how the song was the beginning of his journey and how much it meant to him, which I thought helped with the emotional factor.

Rent: The 30th Anniversary Tour -- Starring Pascal and Rapp!

"You look like you're 32..."
"I'm 53."

I may make fun of them while there, but even at 50 I would still go see Adam as Roger. It's a weakness.

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I saw Anthony comment on that issue in an interview once. He made it clear that the only person whose age is mentioned is Mimi.

Concerts aside, age is always going to be an issue with "Rent,"

I don't think anyone is suggesting they legitimately PLAY the roles into their 40's and 50's or whatever. As you said, concert settings are a different story, and I think they are MORE than entitled to keep singing those songs. And people still want to see it. I don't see what the issue with that is, and how continuing to sing the songs is seen as "not letting go" in a negative sense when plenty of their predecessors have done the same with signature pieces.

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I thought Adam used a song he wrote for the audtion , at least that's accourding to the RENT Bible. But maybe it was u2