Entertainment & Arts
Raul Esparza left Broadway’s ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ to portray the late Jonathan Larson in an off-Broadway show.
July 2, 2001
Movies
Lin-Manuel Miranda explains why a cut Jonathan Larson song is part of the Netflix movie, and how they filmed the tricky musical moment.
Nov. 19, 2021
Awards
“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Andrew Garfield found kinship with each other and their subject in the story of “Rent” creator Jonathan Larson, “Tick, Tick ... Boom!”
Jan. 27, 2022
It was closing night for the new musical “Rent” at the New York Theatre Workshop, a 150-seat East Village theater where the pop opera, loosely based on Puccini’s “La Boheme,” opened in February.
April 14, 1996
Jan. 3, 2022
The actor plays Jonathan Larson’s best friend in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s directorial debut.
Dec. 28, 2021
Two hospitals where “Rent” playwright Jonathan Larson was treated before his death will be fined for misdiagnosing his severe chest pains, the state Health Department said Thursday.
Dec. 13, 1996
The Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Rent,” written by American playwright Jonathan Larson, who died on the night of its off-Broadway premiere, was a source of inspiration for eighth-grade honors student Philip Tanedo of Tarzana’s Portola Middle School.
Feb. 2, 1998
The man behind “Hamilton” directed the unlikely Netflix adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s rock monologue ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!’
Nov. 18, 2021
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musical Celebrates Life, Even Under Specter of Death
April 30, 1996