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Jonathan Larson
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compositore e drammaturgo statunitense (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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Jonathan Larson (White Plains, 4 febbraio 1960 – New York, 25 gennaio 1996) è stato un compositore e drammaturgo statunitense. È noto per aver affrontato argomenti come la multicultura, tossicodipendenza, omofobia e AIDS nelle sue opere; esempi tipici di questi interessi possono essere rinvenuti nel suo musical capolavoro Rent e in tick, tick... BOOM!. Ha ricevuto due Tony Award postumi ed il Premio Pulitzer per la Drammaturgia, sempre postumo, per Rent.
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