Sondheim would write recommendation letters for Jonathan and send them to producers. Jonathan wrote a fan letter to Sondheim while he was in college and Sonheim responded. The original cast of ‘Rent.’ (Wally Santana/AP/Shutterstock) 5. Martin, who ended up originating the role of Tom Collins in Rent on Broadway. The Moondance Diner is where Jonathan met Jesse L. He worked at the diner for nearly a decade and wrote musicals during his off time. While Jonathan was trying to get his big break, he worked at the Moondance Diner in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. He was a waiter while writing his musicals. “It felt like a private message in a bottle from Jonathan, that said ‘This is harder than you think it’s going to be, but it’s worth it if you really love it.’ It was scary and incredibly clarifying for me,” the director told The Hindu. He ended up seeing a production of t ick, tick… BOOM! in college. Lin-Manuel saw Rent as a teenager, and the show inspired Lin-Manuel’s own In The Heights. The Netflix film, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is based on the semi-autobiographical musical that Jonathan wrote before Rent.
‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ is based on his life. Jonathan posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and three Tonys for Best Book of a Musical, Best Musical, and Best Original Score. The mourning cast members ended up performing Rent for Jonathan’s family and friends later that night. Jonathan died the day of Rent’s first Off-Broadway preview performance. The doctors did not diagnose his condition and sent him home. Jonathan had been complaining of chest pains and even went to the hospital twice before his tragic death. It’s believed that Jonathan had been suffering from undiagnosed Marfan syndrome, a genetic condition that can damage the heart. An autopsy revealed that Jonathan had “more than foot-long tear inside his aorta, the main artery carrying blood from the heart to all other organs, that was caused by a congenital weakness in the blood vessel.” Jonathan was found dead in his kitchen on January 25, 1996, at the age of 35, according to The New York Times. Andrew Garfield as Jonathan Larson in ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ (Macall Polay/Netflix) 1.
From his death to his connection to Stephen Sondheim, HollywoodLife has rounded up the key things to know about Jonathan. Jonathan’s life came to a tragic end when he was 35 and on the cusp of his big break.
The Netflix film begins streaming on November 19. Andrew Garfield plays the late Jonathan Larson, the famed playwright who created Rent. Tick, tick… BOOM! is the ultimate love letter to musical theater. Andrew Garfield stars as the Jonathan Larson in ‘tick, tick… BOOM!’ Here are 5 key things to know about the brilliant playwright who wrote ‘Rent.’
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