![]() ![]() In it, he fretted about not finding success before the age of 30, as if he sensed that his time was limited and his heart might go out.įor Miranda to choose “Tick, Tick … Boom!” as his feature directing debut speaks volumes about what Larson means to him. In an awful twist of fate, Larson died of an aortic aneurysm the day before “Rent” was to have its first Off Broadway preview, making the earlier project seem ironically prescient. Initially conceived as a one-man “rock monologue,” then taking on an unexpected new depth after the early death of its creator at age 35, Jonathan Larson’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!” is a show uniquely suited to the musical theater crowd - and not just the masses of fans Larson won over with “Rent.” It resonates especially strongly with the writers, performers and fellow creatives who can identify with how he articulated the struggle to be recognized, to make meaningful work and, according to the high bar Larson set for himself, to “wake up a generation.” People like Lin-Manuel Miranda.īefore “Hamilton,” before even “In the Heights,” Miranda was inspired by what Larson had accomplished with “Rent,” discovering in the show a fresh kind of musical, one characterized by a contemporary sound, characters with recognizable struggles and an uncommonly diverse cast. ![]()
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