![]() Andrew Garfield as Jonathan Larson and Alexandra Shipp as Susan in TICK, TICK…BOOM! Photo Credit: Macall Polay/NETFLIX © 2021. Not only is this bad timing-as he attempts to conjure a final song for Superbia’s female lead, to be performed by Karessa (Vanessa Hudgens in fine voice)-but it also serves as a metaphor for the way he is so consumed by his artistic pursuit that he has little time for anything else in his life. As he stays razor focused on preparing for the event, workshopping by day and writing by night, the lights go out around him when his apartment’s power is cut off on the eve of the showcase. We meet Larson just days before a showcase performance for potential producers of his, as it turns out, prophetic futuristic musical, Superbia, where folks spend their days absorbed by watching the lives of the elite play out like a TV show on their media devices. ![]() Yet to see his work produced, he’s plagued by thoughts of the early in life success of musical theatre artists such as his hero Stephen Sondheim, and can already hear the notes of Happy Birthday beginning to mockingly loom over him and time ticking away until he turns 30 in 1990, leading to one of the film’s urgent, thumping rock musical numbers 30/90, beautifully performed by with an agitated gusto by Garfield. Andrew Garfield as Jonathan Larson, in TICK, TICK…BOOM! Photo Credit: Macall Polay/NETFLIX © 2021.Īndrew Garfield plays Larson as his twenties are rapidly coming to a close. Miranda’s impressive feature directorial debut, adapted from the autobiographical musical by the late Rent composer and writer Jonathan Larson, is an invigorating, life-affirming, and deeply moving hymn both to musical theatre and more broadly to all creative people, as well as a celebration of Larson’s life and legacy. It does not store any personal data.After over a year of binging Netflix in my tiny East Village apartment it felt a little Alanis Morissette ironic that my first trip to a Broadway theatre since last March wasn’t to see a live theatre production, but for the New York premiere of a Netflix film, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tick, tick…BOOM! As it turned out, it made for a perfect return to theatreland. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. ![]() The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. ![]() Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Tick, tick… BOOM! was originally produced off-Broadway in June, 2001 by Victoria Leacock, Robyn Goodman, Dede Farris, Lorie Cowen Levy, Beth Smith. Details at tick, tick… BOOM! Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan LarsonĪrrangements and Orchestrations by Stephen Oremus Masks strongly encouraged for ages 2 and up. * PROOF OF COVID VACCINATION REQUIRED, or a negative PCR COVID test, taken within 72 hours of event for all patrons ages 12 and up. All performances on Sunday, May 1 are still scheduled. *Performances on Friday April 29 and Saturday April 30 have been postponed due to a cast member testing positive for COVID-19. This exhilarating, funny, and moving work by the late Larson will speak to anyone who’s ever gotten lost on their way to finding their dreams. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city, his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue, but Jon is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical. This autobiographical musical, by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Jonathan Larson, is the story of an aspiring composer questioning his life choices on the eve of his thirtieth birthday.
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