Welcome, Anthony Rapp! — Page 8

Tiff! lol

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Nobiz -- where in Illinois do you live?

I've talked about the age stuff elsewhere, but in regard to the most recent question, I hope that the fact that we're more mature will only allow us to dig deeper into our characters... But I think we'll be able to summon up all of the requisite energy and passion and drive and everything.

Tiff -- what exactly do you do in yoru criminology job? And how *do* you have time for this board?

Type_A_Tiff sheds an insincere tear for broadwayguy2, hypocrisy, and for the overuse of third person references.

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Updated On: 10/30/04 at 05:30 AM

the name is Matt, and I'm a strapping young lad of 21. I'm currently living in lower Manhattan, having grown up in the San Jose area of CA and transferred here from UC San Diego. I'm finishing up a degree at Marymount Manhattan- major in Theatre Management, minor in Theatre Education. And, as of yesterday, I'm on house staff at Dodger Stages. I think that covers it

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anthony! omg, don't be sorry, I'll just pm you.

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It's 5am right now in TX.. there is no such thing as normal at 5am.

man, I leave to get a rice plate at 6 AM and I miss so much! with BARE pretty much confirmed as a no go, that leaves 1 of the large spaces open. there are shows in all 4 of the others, with the newest one coming in being Modern Orthodox with Jason Biggs and I believe, Molly Ringwald. I know there is something set to take BARE's theatre for a 6-week run but I haven't been told what it is. it's a great space, so hopefully it'll be put to good use. the only other Dodger news I have is that they're getting their liquor license on Monday.

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I was born in Texas, but I am not a Texan by ANY means. No one who meets me believes that i was born and raised in Texas. Bush is an ass and his recent gay marriage comments piss me off even more

Mr. Rapp - just been reading through your entrance to the boards here - good for you for being willing to share.

We just saw Little Shop at the Ahmanson at the beginning of the month, and both really enjoyed your performance. Good luck to you in your future endeavors

"(move up here! you guys can get married and reap all the benefits!)"

LOL Tiff. Gay men need to stay here in the U.S. so that they can keep fighting the battle against prejudice until they win. (and it's only a matter of time until it's won; just think that seven years ago, it was shocking to have a gay lead character on a sitcom and not abnormal for the local NBC News in Chicago to feature a special report on "ten signs that your child may be gay"... who knows how things will be seven years from now when Bush will have been out of office for at least three years)

AMEN, Tiff!!!

Evelyn -- tell me about yourself. The others are doing it, so why not you?

I want to think that the election can go either way so that when Kerry wins, I can jump through the ceiling out of the most genuine sense of relief possible (did I just contradict myself?). But on the topic of same-sex marriage -- I'm assuming that Kerry really supports it, rather than civil unions alone, but is just being cautious about saying so until he's actually elected. His daughter Vanessa has a wonderful influence over him.

What can I say about myself? I'm a 20-year-old senior at Northwestern University's School of Communication (formerly School of Speech). By June of 2005, I will have completed an interdisciplinary major between the Film, Theater and Communication Studies departments, which means that I've been able to take some awesome Music Theater courses for major credit in addition to courses like African-American Rhetoric and Independent Film that attract people who tend to express a certain degree of contempt for musicals. The fall should either find me pursuing a PhD in Chicago, New York or San Francisco, or living in my hometown of Chicago while working and pursuing a Master's at the School of the Art Institute part time. My favorite musicals are Chicago, Ragtime, Rent, The Wizard of Oz, The Last Five Years, The Threepenny Opera and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, but I'm known around these parts as "Ragtime's biggest fan." My reaction to EL Doctorow coming to campus is comparable to the way that many of you react to meeting some of the people currently starring in Rent on Broadway. A touring company also performed Ragtime for "several weeks" on the same plot of land as my dorm a couple of years ago (literally a ten-second walk away). The moment I approached the theater with my friend of eight years -- who, btw, has turned me into an even bigger Renthead than her -- I couldn't speak because I was just that moved by what I was about to see. Good theater will do that to you. Same with good movies; I almost went into cardiac arrest watching Chicago, and I expect to have the same experience watching Rent. Contrary to what any other posts might indicate with regard to my concerns about seeing more than a couple of people reprise their stage roles, I'm still probably more excited about this film than anyone else here.

Oh, and I'm actually a "he" rather than a "she," and to top that off, I'm a "he" who likes "hes" and "shes" and therefore supports marriage rights for all! (or civil unions for all; as long as we're on equal footing)