Tick Tick Boom at The Nampa Civic Center

Tick, Tick...Boom! is based on a real-life rock monologue originally written and performed by Jonathan Larson in 1992, telling the story of his creative struggle in 1990, six years before his musical Rent could become one of the most influential works in Broadway history. Following Larson’s unexpected death in 1996, the rock monologue was turned into its own musical, with some of Tick, Tick... Boom!'s songs coming from past works like Superbia. Premiering Off-Broadway in 2001, Tick, Tick… Boom! developed a significant reputation for its poignancy, detailing Larson’s conflicted journey of artistry before writing Rent, a musical he would sadly never get to see on the Broadway stage.