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Jonathan Larson

Writing

Jonathan Larson

EN cinema · 9 credits

Born

4 February 1960

Died

25 January 1996 (aged 35)

Birthplace

Mount Vernon, New York, USA

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.

Known for

Filmography

Rent: 30th Anniversary Concert poster

Rent: 30th Anniversary Concert

EN · 2026Not rated

Music, Musical, Book

Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! poster

Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!

EN · 20227.8

as Self (archive footage)

tick, tick... BOOM! poster

tick, tick... BOOM!

EN · 20217.6

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Songs, Lyricist, Musical

RENT poster

RENT

EN · 20208.0

Musical

Rent poster

Rent

EN · 20196.7

Songs, Lyricist, Musical, Writer, Original Music Composer

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway poster

Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway

EN · 20087.9

Musical, Book, Music

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' poster

No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'

EN · 20067.9

as Self, Music

Rent poster

Rent

EN · 20056.8

Musical, Lyricist, Original Music Composer, Book

Away We Go! poster

Away We Go!

EN · 19968.5

as Elevator Passenger, Director, Music, Lyricist, Writer