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Jonathan Larson

Jonathan Larson

Born: 1960-02-04 • Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Jonathan Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American composer and playwright noted for the serious social issues of multiculturalism, addiction, and homophobia explored in his work. Typical examples of his use of these themes are found in his works, Rent and tick, tick... BOOM!. He received three posthumous Tony Awards and a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the rock opera Rent.

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Filmography
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! poster
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022 • Self (archive footage)
tick, tick... BOOM! poster
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' poster
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006 • Self
Away We Go! poster
Away We Go!
1996 • Elevator Passenger