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Playwrights Horizons staged a workshop, but then dropped the show. вЂњIt was unresolvable,вЂќ Sondheim told me when I interviewed him for my 2020 book, вЂњ Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway.вЂќ Stephen Sondheim, who had befriended Larson, thought the score, a mix of rock, new wave, techno and Broadway, was impressive.

The other show was called вЂњSuperbia.вЂќ A sprawling, futuristic musical, it took aim at the corporate-controlled, mind-numbing entertainment culture. Larson wanted to set it on the bohemian Lower East Side. Aronson wanted the show to take place on the yuppie Upper West Side. But Larson and AronsonвЂ™s visions didnвЂ™t mesh. One was a modern adaptation of PucciniвЂ™s вЂњLa Boheme.вЂќ HeвЂ™d written three songs, including the title song, вЂњRent,вЂќ with his collaborator, Billy Aronson. Larson wrote вЂњTick, Tick вЂ¦ Boom!вЂќ after two other shows heвЂ™d been working on fell apart. He died in 1996 at 35 from an aortic dissection caused by Marfan Syndrome, a genetic condition that affects the bodyвЂ™s connective tissue. Sadly, Larson isnвЂ™t around to see it, nor did he get to experience the well-received off-Broadway production that opened in 2001. Now, more than three decades later, вЂњTick, Tick вЂ¦ Boom!вЂ™ is a movie, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and starring Andrew Garfield. Larson begin writing the autobiographical вЂњTick, Tick вЂ¦ Boom!вЂќ in 1989.

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Andrew Garfield (right) as Jonathan Larson (left) in the movie version of вЂњTick, Tick вЂ¦ Boom!вЂќ Netflix His 30th birthday was coming up in 1990, but he was still working as a waiter at the Moondance Diner in Soho. Larson had written some impressive scores, and had received a few prestigious grants and awards, but nothing he did went anywhere. He wanted to write rock musicals that dealt with contemporary issues at a moment when pop operas from Britain - вЂњCats,вЂќ вЂњLes Miserables,вЂќ вЂњThe Phantom of the OperaвЂќ - dominated Broadway. And how you spend it matters.вЂќДЄt the same time, Larson was struggling with his stalled career aspirations. вЂњHe realized that you donвЂ™t know how much time you have. вЂњMattвЂ™s diagnosis shocked him,вЂќ Victoria Leacock, a close friend of LarsonвЂ™s from college, told The Post. Now it was threatening someone heвЂ™d known most of his life. Working in the theater, Larson knew several people who had AIDS. In the late 1980s, Larson learned that Matt OвЂ™Grady, his best friend from childhood, had contracted HIV. вЂњTick, Tick вЂ¦ Boom!вЂќ - an early musical by Jonathan Larson, who created вЂњRentвЂќ - was born of sadness, anger and frustration. Rita Moreno nearly quit вЂWest Side StoryвЂ™ in 1961: вЂIt felt horribleвЂ™ вЂOut of touchвЂ™: Dems mocked for featuring вЂHamiltonвЂ™ cast in ceremony marking Capitol riot John Leguizamo says he keeps out of sun, stays вЂlight-skinnedвЂ™ to get work How вЂEncantoвЂ™ saved parents from the tyranny of вЂFrozenвЂ™ and вЂLet It GoвЂ™

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