Rapp & Pascal Launch Concert Tour at Town Hall, Jan. 10

For the first time, Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, the stars from "RENT," will embark on a National Concert Tour exclusively through rj productions. Feinstein's at Loews Regency will join rj productions in producing ADAM AND ANTHONY LIVE AT TOWN HALL on Monday, January 10, 2011 at 8 PM.

From their auspicious Broadway debut in Jonathan Larson's "RENT" to their recent starring roles in the National Tour of the Tony Award winning hit, Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp have never lost their international fan base.

Now, after 15 years of friendship and co-starring roles, these two iconic Broadway stars are coming together to offer fans what they've been waiting for: an up close and personal concert featuring both their individual work as well as sharing the stage and their RENT affiliation. Just a short 3 blocks from The Nederlander Theater where RENT played, The Town Hall concert will feature a full pop band (Piano, Bass, Drums, Guitar). The evening will feature material from both of these artists solo shows:

Anthony's concert features well known pop songs and original material: Cool songs with a hot band, plus fun stories. Adam's MEANDLARRY set, featuring Musical Director Larry Edoff, offers original material as well as classics from "CABARET," CHESS" and cool and hip arrangements of classic Broadway standards ("Maria", "Not A Day Goes By", "What I Did For Love."). Together, they'll share stories about working on Jonathan Larsen's Pulitzer Prize winning musical and offer material they've performed in both the Broadway and National Tour engagements as well as in the film.

Tickets, $60-25 will be available through Ticketmaster and Ticketmaster.com in early July. Very Limited $95 VIP seats include front Orchestra seating and a meet and greet with both performers after the performance.

Town Hall is located in Manhattan at 123 West 43rd Street.

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Adam Pascal was born on October 25, 1970, in the Bronx and raised in Syosset, New York. He started singing in various rock bands when he was 12, playing the local New York club scene for many years, and has been singing in bands, as a solo artist, in movies, or on the Broadway stage ever since.

In 1996, Adam tried out for the then unknown, off-Broadway production of Rent. He landed the role of Roger Davis. Adam was nominated for a 1996 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical), and won a Drama League and Obie award for his performance as Roger. The Show went on to become a worldwide success and one of the longest running shows in Broadway history. In 1997 He reprised the role of Roger (the first of several times he would do so) for the West End Premiere of Rent. He went on to reprise his role in both the film as well as the recent 2 year National Tour. Other roles Adam is famous for include Radames in Elton John and Tim Rice's new Broadway musical Aida, the final Emcee in the Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall production of Cabaret at Studio 54 and playing the role of Freddie Trumper in the Tim Rice/Abba Musical Chess, alongside Josh Groban, and Idina Menzel for two sold out performances at The Royal Albert Hall, in London. The DVD is currently on sale worldwide.

He has appeared in the films SLC Punk!, in 2003's School of Rock, Falling Star and American Primitive.

Adam's latest CD entitled Blinding Light is currently in release as well as his 2000 debut solo album, Model Prisoner and his second CD, Civilian.

Anthony Rapp has been acting and singing professionally since he was nine years old. With an extensive list of achievements, Rapp is best known for originating the role of ‘Mark Cohen' in Jonathan Larson's Tony Award-winning rock opera, Rent, for which he shared an OBIE Award with the rest of the cast. He reprised his role in Chris Columbus' film version opposite other members of the original cast. Rapp recently visited the role once more with original cast member Adam Pascal in the Rent Tour. Anthony will next be seen in Don Roos' 17 Photos of Isabelle opposite Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow and Jefferey Dean Morgan.

Anthony's most recent Broadway show was Second Stage Theatre's Some Americans Abroad. Other Broadway credits include the revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation. His Broadway debut was in Precious Sons with Judith Ivey and Ed Harris, for which he received an Outer Critics Circle award and a Drama Desk nomination.

Film credits include Adventures in Babysitting, School Ties, Dazed and Confused, Six Degrees of Separation, Man of the Century, David Searching, Road Trip, and A Beautiful Mind (SAG Award nomination for Ensemble). He has also appeared in Winter Passing, a film written and directed by his brother, Adam Rapp.

A writer as well, Anthony wrote a book entitled Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent (Simon & Schuster) about his struggle to balance the demands of life in the theatre with his responsibility to his family during his mother's battle with cancer. He recently adapted the book into a one-man show entitled "Without You" which he has performed on stages throughout the country.

On television, Rapp has appeared in The Lazarus Man, The X-Files, The Beach Boys: An American Family, Kidnapped and Law & Order: SVU.

In 2000, he released his debut album, Look Around.

Rapp is proud to support and continue to help raise funds for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Friends In Deed.