Jonathan Larson
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Jonathan David Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996), an American composer and playwright, was known for investigating multiculturalism, addiction, and homophobia in his writing.
In his drawings Rent and Tick, Tick, Boom! Here are some of his uses of these themes. For the rock musical Rent, he received three posthumous Tony Awards and a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Early years
Larson was born in Mt. On February 4, 1960, Vernon, New York, Nanette (née Notarius) and Allan Larson of White Plains, New York, were married. His family was Jewish. Bernard Isaac Lazarson, his grandfather, was born in Russia, had the family surname changed from Lazarson to Lazarson. Larson began playing trumpet and tuba, performed in his school's choir, and took piano lessons at an early age. Elton John, The Doors, The Who, and Billy Joel, as well as the classic composers of musical theatre, especially Stephen Sondheim, were among his early musical influences and his top rock musicians. Pete Townshend, The Police, Prince, Liz Phair, and The Beatles were all favorites. Larson attended White Plains High School, where he was also interested in acting and appearing in lead roles in a variety of productions after graduating in 1978. Julie had a sister, Julie.
Larson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, in addition to appearing in numerous plays and musical theatre, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Larson shifted his attention away from acting to compose compositions. He began composing music for small student productions called cabarets, and later he wrote The Book of Good Love (Libro de Buen Amor), a film by Larson's college mentor.
Larson co-wrote Sacrimmoralinority, a Brechtian-themed cabaret performance and his first musical, with David Glenn Armstrong as a student at Adelphi University. In the winter of 1981, it was the first staged at Adelphi University. Larson and Armstrong graduated in 1982 and they renamed it Saved! The Moral Majority is an Immoral Musical. It was a four-week showcase run at Rusty's Storefront Blitz, a small theater on 42nd Street in New York, Manhattan, and earned both authors a writing award from ASCAP.
Larson completed his education and performed at The Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan, as a piano player, resulting in his receiving an Equity card for membership in the Actors' Equity Association.
Personal life
Larson dated Victoria Leacock in college. He also dated a dancer for four years, who would sometimes abandon him for other guys, but eventually left him for a woman. These experiences influenced Rent's autobiographical aspects.
On the fifth floor of 508 Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan, Larson lived and died in a loft with no heat. Greg Beals, a journalist for Newsweek magazine, and Jennifer Beals' brother all lived with him over the years. He and his roommates continued to use an illegal wood-burning stove due to a lack of heat in their house for a short time.
Larson worked at the Moondance Diner on the weekends and worked on composing and writing musicals during the week from 1985, when he was 25 years old, to October 21, 1995, when he resigned after Rent was being produced by the New York Theatre Workshop. Many people attended Larson's diner to visit him. He was instrumental in the creation of the employee manual. Larson encountered Jesse L. Martin, who was his waiting trainee and later appeared in the original cast of Larson's Rent, at the diner.