![]() ![]() However, despite these minor adjustments, tick, tick… BOOM!, for the most part, has many true aspects of Larson’s real-life story. Jonathan Larson, who wrote the book, music, and lyrics, began working on the American rock opera Rent in 1989, when playwright Billy Aronson sought a collaborator for an adaptation of Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème (1896) set in contemporary New York City. Also, O’Grady was never Larson’s roommate and was never involved in the arts. Furthermore, Susan is a composite of several women Larson dated, rather than one girlfriend. Instead, they were based on Larson’s real-life girlfriends, and best friend, Matt O’Grady. For example, Susan (Alexandra Shipp) and Michael (de Jesús) aren’t real people. He attended White Plains High School, where he performed the lead roles in many of his school’s theatre productions. However, while the basic premise is true, there are some minor inaccuracies. Jonathan David Larson was born on February 4, 1960, in White Plains, New York. He received three posthumous Tony Awards and a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his musical, Rent. ![]() Real talk: That is a rarity in a movie of this size, that an out gay man of color gets to play an out gay man of. Unfortunately, Larson never quite received the level of success he desired, until after his passing. De Jesús plays Michael, Jonathan Larson’s best friend, in the Netflix film. Tragically, Larson died suddenly of an aortic dissection at the age of 35, the same day as Rent’s first Off-Broadway preview performance. Larson also did experience his best friend being diagnosed with HIV. Larson was an American composer and playwright, who did pen the autobiographical rock monologue, tick, tick… BOOM!, during a rough period in his life where he was disappointed at the rejection of his previous play, Superbia. The general premise of tick, tick… BOOM! is accurate. ![]() tick, tick… BOOM! is recounting Larson’s life in much of his own words through the play he wrote, but since the play was only semi-autobiographic, there are some made-up aspects of the film. Smooth, and Emmy winner Bradley Whitford as Larson’s idol, composer Stephen Sondheim.Tick, tick… BOOM! starts off with a disclaimer that the film is the true story of Larson, “except for the parts Jonathan made up.” Hence, whether tick, tick… BOOM!is based on a true story remains a bit ambiguous throughout the film. Tony nominee Joshua Henry plays Roger (an actor in Larson’s show-who shares the name of a character in Larson’s other famed musical), Tony winner Judith Light as agent Rosa Stevens, Pose Emmy nominee Mj Rodriguez as waitress and aspiring fashion designer Carolyn, Tariq Trotter as busker H.A.W.K. In the musical, Karessa (a singer in the show Larson is composing) is typically part of the Susan track.Īdditionally, several stage and screen favorites take on roles either new to the story or who remained offstage. The cast also includes Alexandra Shipp as Jonathan’s girlfriend Susan, Tony nominee Robin de Jesús as best friend Michael, and Vanessa Hudgens as Karessa. Tony winner Andrew Garfield takes on the role of Larson in the movie, based on the late Rent composer’s autobiographical musical. It will run through November 14 through a mix of in-person and virtual screenings. The movie will make its world premiere, Deadline reports, as part of the November 10 opening night of the 2021 AFI Fest. Watch the previously released trailer above. Boom chronicles the short life of Jonathan Larson, the composer who died of an aortic aneurysm on the night before his rock opera, Rent, played its first performance in 1996. The film adaptation of the late Jonathan Larson's tick, tick… BOOM!-which marks Lin-Manuel Miranda's directorial debut-will arrive in select theatres November 12, prior to dropping on Netflix November 19. Though the movie could have been Miranda’s own story as the creator of Hamilton, it isn’t.
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