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Jonathan Larson died before becoming a Broadway legend. This Jewish 'RENT'-head feels obliged to continue the work.

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At the Orpheum Theater in Manhattan’s East Village, playwright Jonathan Larson is having a third act. The Jonathan Larson Project is the third full-length Larson show to be performed on a New York City stage. His first, Tick…Tick…Boom, was a semi-autobiographical story of a struggling musical theater composer in Manhattan that premiered off-Broadway in 1990. Then there was RENT, a smash hit about a group of Alphabet City bohemians that broke bar…

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Finding a Common Thread in Jonathan Larson’s Unheard Music

In his Tony-winning musical, “Rent,” Jonathan Larson asked: “How do you measure a year in the life?” The question took on an even heavier weight, with striking resonance, after Larson died unexpectedly at the age of 35 in 1996, hours before the show’s first preview. In the years after, dozens of his unheard songs were discovered, revealing the inner workings of a prolific artist looking for his big break. Now, a new musical, “The Jonathan Larson…

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