In our culture I think most people think of grief as sadness, and that's certainly part of it, a large part of it, but there's also this thorniness, these edges that come out.

Rapp and Adam Pascal continued in their return to Broadway's Rent through October 7 at the Nederlander Theatre. His brother is playwright novelist and filmmaker Adam Rapp. In 2000 Rapp released a solo CD entitled Look Around.

He also performed the role of Charlie Brown in the 1999 Broadway revival of You're A Good Man Charlie Brown.