![]() ![]() Larson described the work as a “musical monologue,” and it followed his character - a composer named Jon who lives in a SoHo walkup and works at the Moondance Diner (as Larson had) - as he grappled with the challenges of creating art for a mostly inhospitable commerical-theater industry. (The space has since become the ballroom of a boutique hotel.) That production was in turn based on an autobiographical solo musical that Larson had written (and occasionally performed) before Rent. The film is based on the three-character show of the same name, originally mounted in June 2001 at the 280-seat Jane Street Theatre in the West Village. ![]() 19 on Netflix, it will be the first time that Hollywood has tackled the life of the brilliant composer, whose sudden death on the day of Rent‘s first off-Broadway preview remains, 25 years later, one of theater’s most tragic and poignant legends. When Tick, Tick … Boom! - Lin-Manuel Miranda’s feature directorial debut that stars Andrew Garfield as Rent creator Jonathan Larson - premieres Nov. ![]()
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