Jonathan Larson News

RENT is a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, La Boheme .

At 6:44 pm on Feb. 4, 1992, a little-known composer and playwright named Jonathan Larson hit "save" for the first time on a Microsoft Word file containing the lyrics to a half dozen songs loosely tied together with fragments of a story that over the next four years would grow into the mega-hit musical "Rent." The legend of that show is well known: ... (more)

Theater "Without You" : Based on musical star Anthony Rapp's best-selling memoir of the same title, the musical "Without You" brings to life Rapp's turbulent personal journey in the late 1990s.

January 25, 2012, marks the 16-year anniversary of the death of 35-year-old Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent author Jonathan Larson who died one day before his landmark musical would open Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop and change the world.

What's the best that Broadway can be 20 years from now? For Damian Bazadona, finding a new creative pool is a key to success.

The off-Broadway production of Rent is welcoming three new stars to the to East Village on January 20 when Rashad Naylor joins previously announced Josh Grisetti and Justin Johnston in the roles of Benny, Mark and Roger, respectively.