Jonathan Larson

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-02-04 (36 years old)

Deathday

1996-01-25

Place of Birth

Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Jonathan Larson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jonathan Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American composer and playwright noted for the serious social issues of multiculturalism, addiction, and homophobia explored in his work. Typical examples of his use of these themes are found in his works, Rent and tick, tick... BOOM!. He received three posthumous Tony Awards and a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the rock opera Rent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Larson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2021

tick, tick... BOOM!

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1996

Away We Go!

as Elevator Passenger

Production

2020

RENT

as Musical

2005

Rent

as Musical

2005

Rent

as Lyricist

2019

Rent

as Songs

2019

Rent

as Musical

2021

2019

Rent

as Lyricist

2019

Rent

as Original Music Composer

2021

tick, tick... BOOM!

as Original Music Composer

2019

Rent

as Writer

2021

2005

Rent

as Original Music Composer

2021

2005

Rent

as Book

1996

Away We Go!

as Director

1996

Away We Go!

as Music

1996

Away We Go!

as Lyricist

1996

Away We Go!

as Writer

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