The Jonathan Larson Project brings to the stage the extraordinary unheard songs of the writer who revolutionized Broadway. This powerful new musical asks how we can make a difference in the world ...
If you are a regular theatergoer, you probably have a story about "Rent." The Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning show changed Broadway forever when it opened in 1996. Part of the reason the rock musical ...
They didn't change a word. It's a feat in and of itself, bringing to life the unknown works of Jonathan Larson, nevertheless molding them into a full-fledged musical production, one that is relevant, ...
The aim, in focusing on Larson’s offcuts, may be to deepen your understanding of the composer, though Tepper and Simpkins don’t veer far out of the realm of fandom. You’ll find an insert in your ...
Late composer Jonathan Larson changed theater with “Tick, Tick… Boom!” and “Rent,” but many of his songs were never heard — until now, as “The Jonathan Larson Project” begins its Off-Broadway run Feb.
At the Orpheum Theater in Manhattan’s East Village, playwright Jonathan Larson is having a third act. “I was so obsessed with RENT around the time of my bat mitzvah,” said Tepper, speaking on Zoom ...
NEW YORK — Jonathan Larson, the cheerily boyish composer of the musical “Rent,” died in 1996 at the age of 35. “The Jonathan Larson Project,” the new off-Broadway collection of his unheard songs, is a ...
Jonathan Larson, the cheerily boyish composer of “Rent,” died in 1993 at the age of 35 and thus “The Jonathan Larson Project,” the new Off-Broadway collection of his unheard songs, is a bit like ...
When Jonathan Larson died unexpectedly at the age of 35, it was hours before his musical RENT took the world by storm. Larson was hailed posthumously as the voice of a generation, winning Tony Awards ...
Beyond nostalgia, The Jonathan Larson Project leaves Larson admirers in want — and not just for the potential of his unrealized ideas. The program explains for what or whom Larson originally wrote ...