![]() ![]() ![]() Jonathan Larson photographed by Matthew O’Grady.īefore RENT came along, there was tick, tick…BOOM! Originally written and performed by Larson himself, tick, tick…BOOM! began as a “rock monologue” that Larson presented in various stages at Second Stage Theater and Village Gate before ending up at New York Theatre Workshop. Something Lin-Manuel Miranda determined to do with this film was to not make a story about his death, but a story about Larson’s life. ![]() Jonathan Larson, the writer of the groundbreaking musical, tragically died of an aortic aneurysm the night before RENT had its first performance for a public audience in the show’s premiere run at the New York Theatre Workshop. If you’ve made it here, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT, but the casual fan might not know the backstory of its creator. Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his directorial debut with the film which stars Andrew Garfield as Jonathan Larson, the man behind RENT. Tick, tick, tick, the long-awaited release of the musical movie adaptation of tick, tick…BOOM! on Netflix has finally arrived. ![]()
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