Anthony Rapp Set for USA's PSYCH: The Musical, 12/5

USA Network announces "PSYCH: The Musical," a two-hour special episode, which will air Sunday, December 15, 2013.

In this long-awaited special featuring Santa Barbara's finest singing and dancing, Shawn (Roday) and Gus (Hill) dive into a world that's equal parts mystery and melody to track down an escaped playwright mad man, Z played by Broadway's Anthony Rapp, ("Rent"), who, six years earlier, was deemed criminally insane after locking a critic in a back room of the theatre that he burnt to the ground.

With little to Go On and a fear that Z will kill again, Shawn, Gus and the SBPD are forced to consult with the one person Z confided in while in the institution...a dangerous and familiar villain from Shawn's past, who guides them using cryptic clues to reveal what Z is planning next.

The musical was screened last night at Reading Cinemas in San Diego, where the cast arrived in Weinermobiles to greet fans and give a special introduction to the screening.

Anthony Rapp has been acting and singing professionally since he was nine years old. He is best known for originating the role of Mark Cohen 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.

His 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 Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, 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. 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.

Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski

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