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Nov 21, 2021 · Jonathan Larson died on the day Rent had its off-Broadway premiere In 2001, the young composer saw Tick, Tick... Boom! in a tiny hotel theatre in New York, and it changed his life.
Jonathan Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American Tony Award-winning composer and playwright who lived in New York City and authored musicals, including Rent and Tick, Tick... BOOM!. These musicals tackle serious issues such as multiculturalism, addiction, homophobia, and the AIDS epidemic. His artistic vision and goal was to fuse Generation X and the MTV Generation with the world of musical theatre in his work. This mission was accomplished by his magnum opus, Rent ...
Nov 19, 2021 · Jonathan Larson, who grew up in White Plains, NY, moved to Manhattan to pursue his theater dreams and really did work on Soho’s Moondance Diner—famously featured in 2002’s Spider Man ...
Nov 21, 2021 · Jonathan David Larson was born on February 4, 1960, in White Plains, New York. He attended White Plains High School, where he performed the lead roles in many of his school’s theatre productions.
Nov 19, 2021 · Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of Larson’s autobiographical ‘Tick, Tick …. Boom!’ — streaming on Netflix — chronicles the rise and struggles of the brilliant composer. Jonathan ...
Jan 26, 2019 · Jonathan Larson, the composer and playwright of the musical, sadly passed away following an aortic dissection in the early morning on January 25, 1996—the very day Rent was set to open in ...
Feb 24, 2022 · By Beatrice Verhoeven. February 24, 2022 2:45pm. When Lin-Manuel Miranda first showed Andrew Garfield the script for Tick, Tick…Boom!, the actor felt like Miranda was introducing him to a ...
