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Jonathan Larson
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American composer and playwright (1960–1996)
Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! — Self (archive footage)2022
- tick, tick... BOOM! — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
- No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' — Self2006
- Away We Go! — Elevator Passenger1996
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Key facts
- Born
- Jonathan David Larson , ( 1960-02-04 ) February 4, 1960, Mount Vernon, New York , U.S.
- Died
- January 25, 1996 (1996-01-25) (aged 35), New York City , U.S.
- Occupation
- Composer lyricist playwright
- Education
- Adelphi University ( BFA )
- Years active
- 1982–1996
- Notable works
- Rent (1996) Tick, Tick... Boom! (2001) Superbia (not officially published)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jonathan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- White Plains
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- playwright
- Educated at
- Broadway
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- musical
- Genre
- theatre
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- date of death
- 1996-01-25
- date of birth
- 1960-02-04
- influenced by
- Stephen Sondheim
- cause of death
- aortic dissection
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Jonathan Larson
- Commons category
- Jonathan Larson
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonathan David Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American composer, lyricist and playwright, most famous for writing the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick... Boom!, which explored the social issues of multiculturalism, substance use disorder, and homophobia.
Larson had worked on both musicals throughout the late 1980s and into the 1990s. After several years of workshopping, Rent began an off-Broadway run in early 1996, though Larson died from an aortic dissection the day before its first preview performance. The show went on to enjoy critical and commercial success, and transferred to Broadway that April, becoming one of the longest-running Broadway productions. Larson posthumously received three Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Rent was also adapted into a 2005 film. Tick, Tick... Boom! received an off-Broadway production in 2001, and was also adapted into a 2021 film.
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