Jonathan Larson
Known for
Writing
Born
February 4, 1960
Birthplace
Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Died
January 25, 1996 (aged 35)
Biography
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.
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Best known work
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Rent
2005
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
2008
Rent
2019
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022
Away We Go!
1996
RENT
2020Filmography
2022
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!as Self (archive footage)
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Songs, Lyricist, Musical
2020
RENTMusical
2019
RentSongs, Musical, Lyricist, Original Music Composer, Writer
2008
Rent: Filmed Live on BroadwayMusical, Book, Music
2006
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'as Self, Music
2005
RentMusical, Lyricist, Original Music Composer, Book
1996
Away We Go!as Elevator Passenger, Director, Music, Lyricist, Writer