Originally written and performed as a dramatic monologue based on his life, Jonathan Larson conceived of tick, tick...BOOM! around the same time he was creating Rent. The show was workshopped in a number of places, but a full production was never staged. After his untimely death, his producing partner Victoria Leacock brought David Auburn, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof, aboard as script consultant to reconfigure the piece. He restructured the monologue into a seamless three actor musical. The show opened at the Jane Street Theatre on June 13, 2001, where it played until January 6, 2002.
Tick, Tick... Boom! opens on a Saturday night in 1990. Jon is about to turn 30, his show Superbia will have its first public performance--a workshop--in a few days, and he's worried that he may have made a wrong career choice. We meet his girlfriend, Susan, and his best friend, Michael, who reveals that he is HIV-positive, Jon thinks about their lifetime of friendship; about what led him to choose a career in the theatre, and about whether he should give up his dreams of success as a composer. Finally, as his 30th birthday actually arrives, he ponders the choices we face in life, and thinks about how we translate those decisions into everyday living.
Jonathan Larson was born in Mount Vernon, New York, on February 4, 1960. A talented actor and musician, he was offered a full scholarship to Adelphi University on Long Island, where he met his idol (and later mentor) Stephen Sondheim. After graduating, he moved to the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan and, over a period of 12 years, wrote many plays and musicals, including this off-Broadway hit Tick...tick...BOOM! In 1982 he adapted George Orwell's "1984" for the musical stage. He completed book, music, and lyrics, recorded a demo tape, sent a script to director Harold Prince, and wrote to Orwell's estate. The theatrical rights were unfortunately not available. In Tick, Tick... Boom! with songs and stories, he told half-funny, half-bitter tales of bad readings and waiting tables. In 1994 he began work on what would be known as Rent. Finished in 1995, the musical was set to go into previews off-Broadway in early 1996. The night of the final dress rehearsal, Jonathan died of an aortic dissection as a result of later-to-be-known Marfan's syndrome.
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson (pronouns: he/him)
Script Consultant by David Auburn (pronouns: he/him)
Vocal Arrangements and Orchestrations by Stephen Oremus (pronouns: he/him)
Directed by Cindy Goldfield (pronouns: she/her)
Musical Direction by Ben Prince (pronouns: he/him)
tick, tick...BOOM! was originally produced off-Broadway in June, 2001 by Victoria Leacock, Robyn Goodman, Dede Harris, Lorie Cowen Levy, Beth Smith
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Tick, Tick... Boom! opens on a Saturday night in 1990. Jon is about to turn 30, his show Superbia will have its first public performance--a workshop--in a few days, and he's worried that he may have made a wrong career choice. We meet his girlfriend, Susan, and his best friend, Michael, who reveals that he is HIV-positive, Jon thinks about their lifetime of friendship; about what led him to choose a career in the theatre, and about whether he should give up his dreams of success as a composer. Finally, as his 30th birthday actually arrives, he ponders the choices we face in life, and thinks about how we translate those decisions into everyday living.
Jonathan Larson was born in Mount Vernon, New York, on February 4, 1960. A talented actor and musician, he was offered a full scholarship to Adelphi University on Long Island, where he met his idol (and later mentor) Stephen Sondheim. After graduating, he moved to the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan and, over a period of 12 years, wrote many plays and musicals, including this off-Broadway hit Tick...tick...BOOM! In 1982 he adapted George Orwell's "1984" for the musical stage. He completed book, music, and lyrics, recorded a demo tape, sent a script to director Harold Prince, and wrote to Orwell's estate. The theatrical rights were unfortunately not available. In Tick, Tick... Boom! with songs and stories, he told half-funny, half-bitter tales of bad readings and waiting tables. In 1994 he began work on what would be known as Rent. Finished in 1995, the musical was set to go into previews off-Broadway in early 1996. The night of the final dress rehearsal, Jonathan died of an aortic dissection as a result of later-to-be-known Marfan's syndrome.
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson (pronouns: he/him)
Script Consultant by David Auburn (pronouns: he/him)
Vocal Arrangements and Orchestrations by Stephen Oremus (pronouns: he/him)
Directed by Cindy Goldfield (pronouns: she/her)
Musical Direction by Ben Prince (pronouns: he/him)
tick, tick...BOOM! was originally produced off-Broadway in June, 2001 by Victoria Leacock, Robyn Goodman, Dede Harris, Lorie Cowen Levy, Beth Smith
Originally written and performed as a dramatic monologue based on his life, Jonathan Larson conceived of tick, tick...BOOM! around the same time he was creating Rent. The show was workshopped in a number of places, but a full production was never staged. After his untimely death, his producing partner Victoria Leacock brought David Auburn, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof, aboard as script consultant to reconfigure the piece. He restructured the monologue into a seamless three actor musical. The show opened at the Jane Street Theatre on June 13, 2001, where it played until January 6, 2002.
Tick, Tick... Boom! opens on a Saturday night in 1990. Jon is about to turn 30, his show Superbia will have its first public performance--a workshop--in a few days, and he's worried that he may have made a wrong career choice. We meet his girlfriend, Susan, and his best friend, Michael, who reveals that he is HIV-positive, Jon thinks about their lifetime of friendship; about what led him to choose a career in the theatre, and about whether he should give up his dreams of success as a composer. Finally, as his 30th birthday actually arrives, he ponders the choices we face in life, and thinks about how we translate those decisions into everyday living.
Jonathan Larson was born in Mount Vernon, New York, on February 4, 1960. A talented actor and musician, he was offered a full scholarship to Adelphi University on Long Island, where he met his idol (and later mentor) Stephen Sondheim. After graduating, he moved to the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan and, over a period of 12 years, wrote many plays and musicals, including this off-Broadway hit Tick...tick...BOOM! In 1982 he adapted George Orwell's "1984" for the musical stage. He completed book, music, and lyrics, recorded a demo tape, sent a script to director Harold Prince, and wrote to Orwell's estate. The theatrical rights were unfortunately not available. In Tick, Tick... Boom! with songs and stories, he told half-funny, half-bitter tales of bad readings and waiting tables. In 1994 he began work on what would be known as Rent. Finished in 1995, the musical was set to go into previews off-Broadway in early 1996. The night of the final dress rehearsal, Jonathan died of an aortic dissection as a result of later-to-be-known Marfan's syndrome.
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson (pronouns: he/him)
Script Consultant by David Auburn (pronouns: he/him)
Vocal Arrangements and Orchestrations by Stephen Oremus (pronouns: he/him)
Directed by Cindy Goldfield (pronouns: she/her)
Musical Direction by Ben Prince (pronouns: he/him)
tick, tick...BOOM! was originally produced off-Broadway in June, 2001 by Victoria Leacock, Robyn Goodman, Dede Harris, Lorie Cowen Levy, Beth Smith
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Tick, Tick... Boom! opens on a Saturday night in 1990. Jon is about to turn 30, his show Superbia will have its first public performance--a workshop--in a few days, and he's worried that he may have made a wrong career choice. We meet his girlfriend, Susan, and his best friend, Michael, who reveals that he is HIV-positive, Jon thinks about their lifetime of friendship; about what led him to choose a career in the theatre, and about whether he should give up his dreams of success as a composer. Finally, as his 30th birthday actually arrives, he ponders the choices we face in life, and thinks about how we translate those decisions into everyday living.
Jonathan Larson was born in Mount Vernon, New York, on February 4, 1960. A talented actor and musician, he was offered a full scholarship to Adelphi University on Long Island, where he met his idol (and later mentor) Stephen Sondheim. After graduating, he moved to the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan and, over a period of 12 years, wrote many plays and musicals, including this off-Broadway hit Tick...tick...BOOM! In 1982 he adapted George Orwell's "1984" for the musical stage. He completed book, music, and lyrics, recorded a demo tape, sent a script to director Harold Prince, and wrote to Orwell's estate. The theatrical rights were unfortunately not available. In Tick, Tick... Boom! with songs and stories, he told half-funny, half-bitter tales of bad readings and waiting tables. In 1994 he began work on what would be known as Rent. Finished in 1995, the musical was set to go into previews off-Broadway in early 1996. The night of the final dress rehearsal, Jonathan died of an aortic dissection as a result of later-to-be-known Marfan's syndrome.
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson (pronouns: he/him)
Script Consultant by David Auburn (pronouns: he/him)
Vocal Arrangements and Orchestrations by Stephen Oremus (pronouns: he/him)
Directed by Cindy Goldfield (pronouns: she/her)
Musical Direction by Ben Prince (pronouns: he/him)
tick, tick...BOOM! was originally produced off-Broadway in June, 2001 by Victoria Leacock, Robyn Goodman, Dede Harris, Lorie Cowen Levy, Beth Smith
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