Jonathan larson was an american tony awardwinning composer and playwright who lived in new york city and authored musicals, including rent and tick, tick. Here is the exclusive and absolutely complete companion to rent, told in the voices of the extraordinary talent behind its success. Winner of the tony award for best musical and the pulitzer prize for drama, rent has become a. New book first to cover rent composer jonathan larsons. In november of 2015, my second book was published, featuring interviews i conducted about jonathan larson, rent and the nederlander.
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Jonathan larson february 4, 1960 january 25, 1996 was an american composer from new york city who created musicals including rent 1996 and tick, tickboom. It is of the premiere on broadway with people talking about jonathat larson such as stephen soundheim, jonathan s family, the two stars of rent, adam pascal roger and daphne rubinvega mimi, and many others. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists. In these pages, rent offers what most theater books cant. This study guide consists of approximately 23 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to. The complete book and lyrics of the broadway musical jonathan larson on. Finally, an authorized libretto to this modern day classic. For the first time, a new book examines the complete output of pulitzer prize and tony awardwinning composer jonathan larson. A limited edition cd package featuring the music of the late jonathan larson, generationdefining writer of rent and tick, tick boom.
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