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Jonathan Larson

Composer / Writer / Actor / Screenwriter / Playwright | * 02/04/1960 († 35, 01/25/1996) | Mount Vernon, New York (United States of America (USA))
Jonathan David Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American composer, lyricist and playwright most famous for writing the musicals Rent and tick, tick... BOOM!, which explored the social issues of multiculturalism, substance use disorder, and homophobia. He received three posthumous Tony Awards and a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Rent. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Music | TV Movies

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On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City. ...

tick, tick... BOOM!

PG-13

2021 | 3.9/5 | 1h 55min
Drama, Music
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When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight. ...

Fist Fight

R

2017 | 3.1/5 | 1h 31min
Comedy
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This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1980s East Village, New York, USA. The film centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a tra ...

Rent

PG-13

2005 | 3.4/5 | 2h 15min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Jonathan Larson

Tony Award for Best Original Score Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Pulitzer Prize for Drama Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theatre 2x Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical 2x Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
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Movies with Jonathan Larson as Actor(2)

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2021 tick, tick... BOOM!
as himself2006 No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'

Movies with Jonathan Larson as Crew(14)

Sound/Music2021 tick, tick... BOOM!
Writing/Musical2021 tick, tick... BOOM!
Sound/Songs2021 tick, tick... BOOM!
Writing/Lyricist2021 tick, tick... BOOM!
Writing/Writer2020 Rent
Sound/Original Music Composer2019 Rent
Writing/Writer2019 Rent
Writing/Writer2008 Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
Writing/Book2008 Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
Sound/Music2006 No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
Writing/Author2005 Rent
Sound/Songs2005 Rent
Writing/Musical2005 Rent
Writing/Lyricist2005 Rent

Full Name: Cornelius Devious
Born: Thursday, 02/04 1960 (February) in Mount Vernon, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 01/25 1996 (January) in New York City (aged: 35)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Adelphi University, Broadway, White Plains High School
Influenced by/Role models: Stephen Sondheim
Jonathan Larson frequently works together with these people:
Wilson Jermaine Heredia (5x, Actor)
Anthony Rapp (4x, Actor)
Jesse L. Martin (4x, Actor)
Daphne Rubin-Vega (4x, Actress)
Adam Pascal (4x, Actor)
Idina Menzel (3x, Actress)
Taye Diggs (3x, Actor)
Chris Columbus (3x, Crew)
Tracie Thoms (3x, Actress)
Stephen Goldblatt (3x, Crew)
Steven Levenson (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:613887, Added: 10/18/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2024