![]() 25, 1996, 10 days before his 36th birthday. Larson died unexpectedly of an aortic aneurysm on Jan. ![]() Larson received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for “Rent.” He also won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 1994 Richard Rodgers Award for “Rent” and twice received The Gilman & Gonzales-Falla Theatre Foundation's Commendation Award.Īlso among his awards and credits, in 1989 Larson was granted the Stephen Sondheim Award from American Music Theatre Festival, where he contributed to the musical “Sitting on the Edge of the Future.” Jason Carroll is Assistant Stage Manager. Stivo Arnoczy (BCP’s “American Jade”) is Projection Designer. Ashton Michael Corey (BCP’s “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas” and the National Tour of “On Your Feet”) is Sound Designer. Costume designer is Devario Simmons (Clubbed Thumb’s “Tumancho”). Lighting Designer is Paul Miller (Broadway’s “Amazing Grace” and “The Illusionists”). Jack Magaw (BCP’s “American Jade” and “Tommy and Me”) is Scenic Designer. Based on his life before he wrote “Rent,” Larson’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!” is a youthful, vibrant, and moving rock musical reminding theater-goers that sometimes dreams can come true. “Tick, Tick … Boom!” is a high-octane rock musical that follows the life of a young composer facing 30 with little to show for it. “I have always loved his music and how he captured that moment when a brilliant artist turns 30 and (is) still waiting for his real life to begin.” “Before ‘Rent,’ I gave Jonathan Larson his very first reading of ‘Boho Days,’ which later became ‘Tick… Tick… Boom!’,” said Goodman. In addition to his Playhouse directorial debut in 2022 with “American Jade,” Rosen was co-founder of Chicago’s About Face Theatre and is the former Artistic Director of KCRep.īucks County Playhouse Executive Producer Robyn Goodman was one of the original producers of “Tick … Tick… Boom!” Off-Broadway in 2001. The show will be directed by Eric Rosen (BCP’s “American Jade”) and choreographed by Paul McGill (“Bullets Over Broadway”). Mientus will star in the role of Jonathan. The production will run at the historic New Hope venue June 23-July 15. Ricketts (“Disney’s Frozen”) will star in a new production of Jonathan Larson’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!” as part of Bucks County Playhouse’s 2023 Season. Andy Mientus (“Spring Awakening”), Krystina Alabado (“Mean Girls”) and Noah J.
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